Statements and Messages

TRANSCRIPT OF JOINT PRESS CONFERENCE BY SECRETARY-GENERAL AND PRESIDENTS

OF FRANCE, BRAZIL AND CHILE AT PALAIS DES NATIONS, GENEVA, 30 JANUARY

SECRETARY-GENERAL ENCOURAGES SOMALI LEADERS TO SWIFTLY CONCLUDE NATIONAL

RECONCILIATION CONFERENCE WITH ESTABLISHMENT OF INCLUSIVE GOVERNMENT

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL HIGHLIGHTS EUROPE’S LONG-STANDING STRONG SUPPORT FOR UN,

AT OPENING OF REGIONAL INFORMATION CENTRE IN BRUSSELS

Following are Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks at the inauguration of the Regional United Nations Information Centre for the European Union in Brussels, 30 January:

Thank you for joining us to inaugurate the Regional United Nations Information Centre in Brussels.

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR REBALANCED INTERNATIONAL AGENDA IN 2004, WITH CONCRETE

PROGRESS IN DEVELOPMENT, AS HE ACCEPTS HONORARY DEGREE IN BRUSSELS

Following are Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks upon receiving a Doctorate Honoris Causa from the University of Ghent in Brussels, 30 January:

Thank you, Mr. Prime Minister and Mr. Rector, for those very warm words.

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES CONSTRUCTIVE ATTITUDE OF ALL PARTIES

IN SEARCH FOR CONSTITUTIONAL SOLUTION IN VENEZUELA

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL NAMES LLOYD AXWORTHY SPECIAL ENVOY FOR ETHIOPIA AND ERITREA

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

The Secretary-General has been very concerned about the lack of progress in the implementation of the Algiers Agreement between Ethiopia and Eritrea.

DEATH OF RICHARD CONROY, UN RESIDENT COORDINATOR IN UZBEKISTAN, IS LOSS TO ENTIRE

UNITED NATIONS FAMILY, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN MESSAGE TO MEMORIAL SERVICE

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:

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:

A EUROPE OPEN TO WELL MANAGED MIGRATION WILL BE FAIRER, RICHER,

STRONGER, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN BRUSSELS ADDRESS

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s address to the European Parliament upon receipt of the Andrei Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, in Brussels, 29 January: