SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES SUPPORT FOR PLANNED UN CONVENTION AGAINST CORRUPTION

Following is the text of a message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the third Global Forum on Fighting Corruption and Safeguarding Integrity, 29-31 May, delivered by Dileep Nair, Under-Secretary-General for Internal Oversight Services, in Seoul, Republic of Korea:

NOBEL PEACE PRIZES FOR 2001, 1988 TO BE USED FOR MEMORIAL FUND,

MEMORIAL AT UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS

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

You will recall that in 2001, the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the Secretary-General and the United Nations.  The amount of the Prize totalled

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES REGIONAL LEADERS’ SUPPORT FOR HIS EFFORTS

TO ACHIEVE SOLUTION TO COLOMBIA’S CONFLICT

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL HIGHLIGHTS KEY CONTRIBUTIONS ISLAMIC CONFERENCE CAN MAKE

IN IRAQ, MIDDLE EAST, AFGHANISTAN IN MESSAGE TO TEHRAN SESSION

Following is Secretary-GeneralKofi Annan’s message to the thirtieth session of the Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers in Tehran, 28 May:

AFRICAN UNION’S COMMITMENT TO HUMAN RIGHTS, EFFORTS FOR CONFLICT PREVENTION

DESERVE FULLEST SUPPORT, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

Following is the text of remarks as delivered by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the ceremony marking the fortieth anniversary of “Africa Day” in New York today:

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES RENEWED COMMITMENT TO ‘SOUTH-SOUTH’ COOPERATION

IN MESSAGE TO NEW YORK ANNIVERSARY MEETING

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES DECISION BY ISRAELI GOVERNMENT TO ACCEPT ROAD MAP

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL MOURNS INTERNATIONAL STAFF KILLED

IN PLANE CRASH FOLLOWING SERVICE IN AFGHANISTAN

The following statement was issued 26 May by the Spokesman for Secretary-GeneralKofi Annan:

TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI ANNAN AND SPECIAL

REPRESENTATIVE FOR IRAQ, SERGIO VIEIRA DE MELLO, 27 MAY

The Secretary-General:  Good afternoon, Ladies and Gentlemen.

INFORMATION AGE CREATES VAST OPPORTUNITIES, BUT ALSO GENERATES NEW ‘DIVIDES’,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO BANGKOK CONFERENCE

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the first Conference of Ministers on “Information and Broadcasting in Asia and the Pacific”, delivered by Shashi Tharoor, Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information, in Bangkok 27 May: