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29 January 2004

SG/SM/9133-PAL/1975

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS THOSE RESORTING TO VIOLENCE, TERROR IN MIDDLE EAST; CALLS ON ISRAELIS, PALESTINIANS TO DEVOTE ALL ENERGIES TO NEGOTIATING TRUE, LASTING PEACE

29/01/2004

Press Release
SG/SM/9133
PAL/1975

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS THOSE RESORTING TO VIOLENCE, TERROR IN MIDDLE EAST; CALLS

ON ISRAELIS, PALESTINIANS TO DEVOTE ALL ENERGIES TO NEGOTIATING TRUE, LASTING PEACE

The following statement was issued today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan in Brussels, Belgium:

29 January 2004

AFR/821-L/3055

PRESIDENT OF UGANDA REFERS SITUATION CONCERNING LORD’S RESISTANCE ARMY (LRA) TO INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT

29/01/2004

Press Release
AFR/821
L/3055

PRESIDENT OF UGANDA REFERS SITUATION CONCERNING LORD’S RESISTANCE ARMY (LRA)

TO INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT

(Reissued as received.)

29 January 2004

DCF/433

FOREIGN MINISTER OF IRAN DEFENDS COUNTRY’S INALIENABLE RIGHT TO NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY FOR PEACEFUL PURPOSES

29/01/2004

Press Release
DCF/433

FOREIGN MINISTER OF IRAN DEFENDS COUNTRY’S INALIENABLE RIGHT

TO NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY FOR PEACEFUL PURPOSES

(Reissued as received.)

29 January 2004

SG/SM/9135-ECO/53

GLOBAL COMPACT CAN ACHIEVE ITS GOALS ONLY IF LARGE COMPANIES JOIN INITIATIVE, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS MEETING OF CEOS IN DAVOS

29/01/2004

Press Release
SG/SM/9135
ECO/53

GLOBAL COMPACT CAN ACHIEVE ITS GOALS ONLY IF LARGE COMPANIES JOIN

INITIATIVE, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS MEETING OF CEOS IN DAVOS

(Delayed in transmission.)

Following is the text of remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at a breakfast meeting with chief executive officers in Davos, Switzerland on 25 January:

28 January 2004

SC/7991

SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ADDS FOUR ENTITIES TO AL-QAIDA SECTION OF ITS CONSOLIDATED LIST

28/01/2004

Press Release
SC/7991

SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ADDS FOUR ENTITIES TO AL-QAIDA

SECTION OF ITS CONSOLIDATED LIST

The Al-Qaida and Taliban SanctionsCommittee on 26 January 2004added the names of four entities to its consolidated list (Al-Qaida section).

18. *Name:AL-HARAMAIN FOUNDATION (INDONESIA)

28 January 2004

SG/SM/9132

SECRETARY-GENERAL WILL MEET WITH PRESIDENTS OF NIGERIA, CAMEROON IN GENEVA

28/01/2004

Press Release
SG/SM/9132

SECRETARY-GENERAL WILL MEET WITH PRESIDENTS OF NIGERIA, CAMEROON IN GENEVA

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

27 January 2004

SG/SM/9129-IK/419

SECRETARY-GENERAL WILL SEND ELECTION TEAM TO IRAQ, ONCE SATISFIED WITH COALITION SECURITY ARRANGEMENTS

27/01/2004

Press Release
SG/SM/9129
IK/419

SECRETARY-GENERAL WILL SEND ELECTION TEAM TO IRAQ, ONCE SATISFIED

WITH COALITION SECURITY ARRANGEMENTS

The following statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan was issued today in Paris:

27 January 2004

DCF/432

CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT ADOPTS AGENDA FOR 2004 SESSION

27/01/2004

Press Release
DCF/432

CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT ADOPTS AGENDA FOR 2004 SESSION

Hears Statement by Syria on Making

Middle East Free from Weapons of Mass Destruction

GENEVA, 27 January (UN Information Service) -- The Conference on Disarmament this morning adopted by consensus its agenda for its 2004 session and heard a statement from Syria which called for turning the Middle East into an area free from weapons of mass destruction, especially nuclear weapons.