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16 November 2003

New York - Secretary-General's press encounter with President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi of Italy
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the killing of a UNHCR staff member in Afghanistan

15 November 2003

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on Istanbul bombings

14 November 2003

Santa Cruz - Secretary-General's press conference at the XIIIth Ibero-American Summit (unofficial transcript)
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on Iran
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on Iran

14 November 2003

Santa Cruz de la Sierra - The Secretary-General's address to the XIIIth Ibero-American Summit

13 November 2003

La Paz - Secretary-General's address to the Congress of Bolivia
La Paz - Secretary-General's remarks on being awarded the Grand Cross of the Condor de los Andes
La Paz - Press encounter with President Carlos Mesa

12 November 2003

Cuzco - Secretary-General's remarks at ceremony in Cuzco
Machu Picchu - Secretary-General's statement on Indigenous Peoples
El Alto - Secretary-General's remarks at Welcome Ceremony hosted by the City of El Alto

11 November 2003

New York - Secretary-General's statement on the release and repatriation of 300 prisoners of war to Morocco
Lima - Secretary-General upn receiving the "Orden del Sol" decoration
Lima - Secretary-General's address to the Congress of Peru
Lima - Secretary-General's press encounter with President Alejandro Toledo (unofficial transcript)

11 November 2003

Lima - Secretary-General's impromptu remarks during visit to the Nueva Era settlement in Villa El Salvador (unofficial transcript)

10 November 2003

Quito - Secretary-General's address to the National Congress in Ecuador
Quito - Secretary-General's remarks at ceremony hosted by the Municipality of Quito
Quito - Press encounter following meeting with President Lucio Gutiérrez Borbúa

09 November 2003

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on yesterday's attack in Riyadh

09 November 2003

Charles Darwin Foundation, Galapagos National Park, Galapagos, Ecuador - Text of video message taped by the Secretary-General at Galapagos National Park

07 November 2003

Santiago - Secretary-General's remarks at roundtable on "Renewal of the United Nations and the Global Situation"
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on Canada's ratification of the Convention on the Law of the Sea

07 November 2003

Guayaquil - Remarks of the Secretary-General upon arrival in Guayaquil

06 November 2003

New York - Secretary-General's message on the International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict
Santiago - Secretary-General's address to Chilean Parliamentarians
Santiago - Secretary-General's joint press encounter with President Ricardo Lagos of Chile (unofficial transcript)

06 November 2003

Zhuhai - Secretary-General's message to the World Economic Development Declaration Conference
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on Côte d'Ivoire

05 November 2003

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the "Geneva Accord"
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the death of Sharon Capeling of UNV

04 November 2003

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on flash floods in Indonesia
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on political developments in Sri Lanka
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on staff security
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the adoption of the Framework Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Caspian Sea

03 November 2003

New York - Secretary-General's press encounter upon arrival at UNHQ (unofficial transcript)
New York - Secretary-General's press encounter on Olympic Truce
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the signing of "The Pretoria Protocol on outstanding political, defence and security power-sharing issues in Burundi"

03 November 2003

Mexico City - Secretary-General's message to the Fifth Global Forum on Reinventing Government

31 October 2003

New York - Secretary-General's statement on the adoption by the General Assembly of the United Nations Convention against Corruption

30 October 2003

Malabo - Message du Secretaire General a la vingtieme reunion ministerielle du comite consultatif permanent des Nations Unies sur les questions de securite en Afrique Centrale
New York - Secretary-General's remarks to the high-level dialogue of the General Assembly on Financing for Development
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on Korean developments

28 October 2003

New York - Secretary-General's address to the Fifth Committee on the 2004-2005 Budget
New York - Secretary-General's remarks at the memorial ceremony for Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan

27 October 2003

New York - Secretary-General's remarks to the Inter-Parliamentary Union annual Parliamentary Hearing at the United Nations
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the terrorist attacks in Iraq
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the Middle East

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