SECRETARY-GENERAL SADDENED BY NEWS OF BENIN AIR CRASH,

WHICH KILLED 130, INCLUDING 15 UN PEACEKEEPERS

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

The Secretary-General was deeply saddened to learn the news of the tragic deaths of over 130 passengers, including 15 United Nations peacekeepers from Bangladesh, in the air crash near Cotonou, Benin, on 25 December.

SECRETARY-GENERAL DISTRESSED BY NEWS OF IRAN’S DEVASTATING

EARTHQUAKE, SAYS UN MOBILIZING ASSISTANCE

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES TRANSITIONAL AGREEMENT IN COMOROS

The following statement was issued by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan on 24 December:

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SECRETARY-GENERAL’S MESSAGE FOR NEW YEAR, 2004

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message for the New Year, 2004:

Dear Peoples of the United Nations,

Your Organization, which I have the honour to serve, has just been through one of the hardest years in its history.

SECRETARY-GENERAL MOURNS DEATH OF VETERAN RUSSIAN DIPLOMAT

Following is a statement issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS DEADLY INCURSION INTO REFUGEE CAMP

Following is a statement issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES LIBYA’S ANNOUNCEMENT ON WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION

The following statement was issued Saturday, 20 December, by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

SECRETARY-GENERAL DISTRESSED BY LANDSLIDE, FLOOD DAMAGE

IN PHILIPPINES, SAYS UN STANDS READY TO HELP

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

GOOD GOVERNMANCE ESSENTIAL FOR POLITICAL STABILITY, ECONOMIC GROWTH

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO WEST AFRICAN SUMMIT

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States, delivered by Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Chief of the United Nations Office for West Africa, in Accra, 19 December:

TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI ANNAN AT UNITED

NATIONS HEADQUARTERS, NEW YORK, ON 18 DECEMBER 2003

Good morning, Ladies and Gentlemen.

I am glad to see you all before the holidays.  It has been a rather hard year.

I have no doubt that you will have lots of questions about Iraq.  But before you get on to that, there are a few things I would want to say.