SECRETARY-GENERAL HAILS WINNERS OF ENVIRONMENT PRIZE FOR COURAGE,

CREATIVITY, WILLINGNESS TO FORGE PARTNERSHIPS

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks at the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Sasakawa Environment Prize ceremony yesterday, 19 November:

SECRETARY-GENERAL, URGING INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP FOR GREAT LAKES

CONFERENCE, CALLS FOR WIDE, SUSTAINED PARTICIPATION

Addressing Security Council, He Emphasizes Need

For Regional Approach to Consolidate National Peace Processes

Following is the text of Secretary-GeneralKofi Annan’s statement at the meeting of the Security Council on the Great Lakes today, 20 November:

SECRETARY-GENERAL UNDERLINES IMPORTANCE OF INTERNAL TRANSPARENCY, INTEGRITY

IN MESSAGE TO TRIPARTITE OVERSIGHT COORDINATION MEETING

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the Sixth United Nations Tripartite Oversight Coordination Meeting delivered by Sergei Ordzhonikidze, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, today, 20 November:

SECRETARY-GENERAL’S STATEMENT TO SECURITY COUNCIL MEETING

ON CONCLUSION OF UN OIL-FOR-FOOD PROGRAMME FOR IRAQ

This is the text of the statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Security Council this afternoon on the conclusion of the “oil-for-food” programme for Iraq:

WORLD IN WHICH MILLIONS LIVE IN DESPERATE CONDITIONS WILL NOT BE WORLD AT PEACE,

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS AT LAUNCH OF 2004 HUMANITARIAN APPEAL

Following is the address delivered by Secretary-General Kofi Annan today at the launch of the 2004 Humanitarian Appeal:

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES REPATRIATION OF OVER 100 RWANDAN REBELS

FROM DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL PRAISES ITALY’S LEADERSHIP IN STRUGGLE TO REALIZE RIGHTS

OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES, IN MESSAGE TO NEW YORK AWARD CEREMONY

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the Franklin Delano Roosevelt International Disability Award Ceremony, honouring Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, President of Italy, delivered by Mrs. Nane Annan, in New York on 17 November:

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, DEMOCRACY, SOCIAL JUSTICE MUST ADVANCE HAND IN HAND,

SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS IBERO-AMERICAN SUMMIT

Following is the address delivered by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the thirteenth Ibero-American summit in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, on 14 November:

It is a great honour to be invited to join you at this summit.

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS ATTACKS ON ISTANBUL SYNAGOGUES

The following statement was issued by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan on 15 November:

AIDS EPIDEMIC ‘CONTINUES ITS LETHAL MARCH’, AS INTERNATIONAL ACTION STILL FAR

SHORT OF WHAT IS NEEDED, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL ON WORLD AIDS DAY

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan's message on the occasion of World AIDS Day, observed 1 December: