SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS EXPANDING MEMBERSHIP IN CHEMICAL WEAPONS TREATY ‘VITAL’

FOR INTERNATIONAL SECURITY, AS STATES PARTIES MEET IN THE HAGUE

 

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the ninth session of the Conference of the States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention, delivered by Sergei Ordzhonikidze, Director-General, United Nations Office in Geneva, in The Hague, 29 November:

UKRAINE:  SECRETARY-GENERAL REITERATES CALL FOR MAXIMUM RESTRAINT BY ALL

Following is a statement attributable to the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General has been following closely and with concern developments in Ukraine over the weekend as that nation struggles to resolve the crisis that has developed over the run-off presidential election on 21 November.

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES RENEWED COMMITMENT TO ‘REINVIGORATED’ MIDDLE EAST

PEACE PROCESS, ON DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH PALESTINIAN PEOPLE

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on the occasion of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, in New York, 29 November:

Secretary-General’s message to anti-hiv/aids group hails leadership,

integrity, courage of young people in struggle against disease

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to Dance4Life, in Cape Town on 27 November 2004, as delivered by Nafis Sadik, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for HIV/AIDS in Asia and the Pacific:

Secretary-General, in message to dakar forum, links work on water,

sanitation with wider effort to alleviate poverty

 

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the Global WASH Forum in Dakar, from today, 29 November to 3 December 2004:

New global consensus:  ‘Economic development must be harmonized with nature’,

says Secretary-General in message to Tokyo ‘Zero Emissions’ Symposium

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the Zero Emissions Tenth Anniversary Symposium, delivered by Hans van Ginkel, Rector, United Nations University, in Tokyo, 26 November:

UN studying peace plan submitted to Ethiopian Parliament

 

on 25 November, aimed at resolving conflict with Eritrea

 

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

‘GLIMMERS OF HOPE’ IN AFRICA NOT ENOUGH - LASTING PEACE MUST BE ESTABLISHED,

 

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO LA FRANCOPHONIE SUMMIT

 

(Delayed for translation of text, originally delivered in French.)

SECRETARIAT, GROUP OF FRIENDS DISCUSS GEORGIAN-ABKHAZ

 

PEACE PROCESS AT HEADQUARTERS

 

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

On 23 November, the Secretariat met with representatives of the Group of Friends of the Secretary-General for Georgia at the United Nations in New York.

Secretary-General concerned about developments in Ukraine,

 

calls on all sides to adhere to democratic principles

 

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

The Secretary-General is concerned about developments in Ukraine, where a tense situation has emerged following the run-off presidential election held on 21 November.