SECRETARY-GENERAL, HONOURED IN KYRGYZSTAN, SAYS COUNTRY’S ASPIRATIONS

MATCH VALUES OF PEACE, TOLERANCE AT HEART OF UNITED NATIONS MISSION

This is the text of remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan yesterday

(20 October) in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Askar Akayev:

SECRETARY-GENERAL ENCOURAGED BY CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES IN CÔTE D’IVOIRE

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE TO MEETING ON NOBEL PEACE LAUREATES,

SAYS SITUATION OVER IRAQ IS AMONG GRAVEST FACING WORLD TODAY

Principle of Multilateralism Said to Face Critical Test -– Even

Most Powerful Countries Know They Must Work with Others to Achieve Aims

IRAQ TO BEGIN RETURNING KUWAITI ARCHIVES TO KUWAIT ON 19 OCTOBER

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

Tomorrow, Saturday, 19 October, Iraq will commence returning to Kuwait the Kuwaiti archives, which were taken by Iraq following its occupation of Kuwait in 1990.  The modalities for the transfer were arranged with Iraq and Kuwait by the United Nations in August 2002.

SECRETARY-GENERAL 'EXTREMELY CONCERNED' BY REPORTS OF URANIUM ENRICHMENT

PROGRAMME IN DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES SIGNING OF MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN

GOVERNMENT OF SUDAN AND SUDAN PEOPLE'S LIBERATION MOVEMENT

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES DECISION BY INDIA, PAKISTAN

ON PARTIAL TROOP WITHDRAWAL FROM BORDER AREAS

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS WORK FOR PEACE INEXTRICABLY LINKED

WITH WORK FOR DEVELOPMENT

Following is the text of remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on receiving the Order of Dostyk from Nursultan Nazarbayev, President of Kazakhstan, in Astana today:

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEPLORES ISRAELI ATTACK ON REFUGEE CAMP IN GAZA STRIP;

CALLS ON ISRAEL TO HALT MILITARY ACTION IN HEAVILY POPULATED AREAS

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

IN ADDRESS TO MONGOLIAN PARLIAMENT, SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES

CONTRIBUTIONS OF NATIONS GREAT OR SMALL

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan's address to the State Great Hural (Parliament) of Mongolia:  "Small States in an era of globalization", Ulaanbaatar, 16 October: