SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES SIGNING OF DECLARATION

ON SOMALIA RECONCILIATION PROCESS

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

CONSIDER WHETHER JOHANNESBURG GOALS ARE BASIS FOR COOPERATION,

SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS CONFERENCE ON KYOTO PROTOCOL

Following is a message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Eighth Conference of the Parties (COP8) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, delivered by Nitin Desai, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, today in New Delhi, India:

IN MESSAGE TO REGIONAL MEETING OF INTERNATIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE,

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES STRENGTHENING UN/BUSINESS PARTNERSHIPS

SECRETARY-GENERAL PROPOSES THOROUGH REVIEW OF UN PROGRAMME OF WORK

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s statement to the General Assembly, 30 October:

I am grateful for this opportunity to present my report on “Strengthening the United Nations:  An Agenda for Further Change”.

MOUNTAIN ECOSYSTEMS FUNDAMENTAL TO LIFE BUT EXTREMELY FRAGILE,

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN MESSAGE TO GLOBAL MOUNTAIN SUMMIT

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Global Mountain Summit, delivered by Johannes van Ginkel, Rector, United Nations University in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, today:

STATEMENT ON RETURN OF KUWAITI DOCUMENTS ISSUED

BY OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL’S TRIBUTE AT MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR JOSEPH N. GARBA

This is the text of remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the memorial service for the late Joseph Nanven Garba of Nigeria:

SECRETARY-GENERAL’S STATEMENT TO SECURITY COUNCIL

ON WOMEN, PEACE AND SECURITY

This is the text of the statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Security Council today on “Women, peace and security”:

Let me start by thanking you, Mr. President, for this initiative in holding this meeting on women, peace and security.

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SECRETARY-GENERAL EXTENDS ‘DEEPEST CONDOLENCES’ TO THOSE

WHO LOST LOVED ONES IN MOSCOW HOSTAGE INCIDENT

The following statement was issued by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan on 26 October: