RULE OF LAW, DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS, MUTUAL RESPECT TRUST KEY TO KOSOVO’S

FUTURE SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN PRISTINA REMARKS

Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the Kosovo Art Gallery in Pristina, 18 November:

I am delighted to be among friends in Kosovo again.

OPPORTUNITIES RISING FOR WOMEN IN E-COMMERCE, BUT GLASS

CEILING REMAINS TO BE BROKEN

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GENEVA, 18 November (UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)) --

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES IRAQ’S PRESIDENT TO FULLY COMPLY WITH SECURITY COUNCIL

DEMANDS ‘FOR THE SAKE OF HIS PEOPLE, REGIONAL STABILITY AND WORLD ORDER’

The following statement was made today in Sarajevo, by Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The chief United Nations weapons inspectors, Hans Blix and Mohamed ElBaradei, arrive in Baghdad today to begin a crucial new phase of disarmament.

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Second Committee

37^th Meeting (AM)

FOLLOW-UP TO SPECIAL SESSION ON CHILDREN TO BE CONSIDERED IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

PLENARY, ACCORDING TO DECISION APPROVED BY SECOND COMMITTEE

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Fifth Committee

26^th Meeting (PM)

DELEGATES DISCUSS OVEREXPENDITURES, HIGH VACANCY RATES IN RWANDA TRIBUNAL

The Rwanda Tribunal needed to strengthen its control over expenditures to avoid huge overspending, the representative of China told the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) this afternoon as it began its consideration of the financing of the two International Tribunals.

ONLINE PUBLISHING COULD REVOLUTIONIZE INFORMATION PRODUCTION,

DISTRIBUTION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

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`WE CLOSE IT IN DIGNITY’ SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINIA MISSION,

IN REMARKS AT SARAJEVO NATIONAL THEATRE

Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the Sarajevo Theatre in Sarajevo, on 17 November:

I am honoured and pleased to be back among so many friends this evening.

INTERDEPENDENT WORLD REQUIRES UNIVERSAL INCLUSIVE 'INFORMATION SOCIETY'

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN WORLD TELEVISION DAY MESSAGE

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan's message on World Television Day, which is observed on 21 November:

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LONG LIST OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN AFGHANISTAN, BUT CHALLENGES REMAIN IMMENSE,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO GENERAL ASEMBLY PANEL

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the panel on "Afghanistan:  One Year Later", delivered by Kieran Prendergast, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, in New York on 18 November: