United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in Geneva in the late afternoon of Friday, 17 November, on the last leg of a four-nation visit that has taken him to Turkey, Kenya and Ethiopia.

Secretary-General, in message to states parties, says their involvement

will determine lasting success of International Criminal Court

Secretary-General congratulates Nepal parties on peace agreement, pledges quick

United Nations aid in arms monitoring, electoral assistance

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

Biographical Note

 

Secretary-General Appoints Major General Ian Campbell Gordon of Australia Chief

of Staff of United Nations Truce Supervision Organization

Security Council

5572^nd Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL RENEWS MANDATE OF PEACEBUILDING OFFICE

 

Security Council

5571^st Meeting (AM)

WESTERN DARFUR ON VERGE OF ABYSS, UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS

 

WARNS SECURITY COUNCIL IN BRIEFING FOLLOWING RECENT VISIT TO DARFUR, UGANDA

For More Than 1,000 Days, Nights, Darfur’s Defenceless Civilians

Security Council

5570^th Meeting (AM)

AFGHAN PARTNERSHIP REMAINS LARGELY ON TRACK, PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE

OF JAPAN SAYS WHILE BRIEFING SECURITY COUNCIL ON MISSION

But Country Could Relapse into Conflict Without

Sixty-first General Assembly

Third Committee

51^st & 52^nd Meetings (AM & PM)

THIRD COMMITTEE APPROVES DRAFT RESOLUTIONS ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN MYANMAR, BELARUS;

REJECTS TEXTS ON CANADA, UNITED STATES

 

Sixty-first General Assembly

Second Committee

31^st Meeting (PM)

special committee on decolonization to hold pacific regional

seminar in fiji, 28-30 NOVEMBER