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UN reform among top priorities for 2006, Annan tells year-end press conference

Outlining his top priorities for 2006, his last year as United Nations Secretary-General, Kofi Annan said today that alongside efforts to promote peace and combat poverty and disease, he was determined to follow through on his wide-ranging agenda of reform and renewal of the world body.

Annan awarded environmental prize for efforts in sustainable development

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan was unanimously declared today the winner of the 2005 Prize for Global Leadership and the Environment conferred by the Zayed Prize International Jury, for his efforts on the environment and sustainable development.