SECRETARY-GENERAL SADDENED BY DEATHS, DAMAGE FROM INDONESIAN TSUNAMI,

SAYS UNITED NATIONS STANDS READY TO ASSIST DURING RECONSTRUCTION

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

Security Council

5491^st Meeting (AM)

Note to Correspondents

INTERNATIONAL PHOTO EXHIBIT ‘TALES FROM A GLOBALIZING WORLD’

OPENS AT UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS 20 JULY

 

Palestinian Rights Committee Briefed By Chair on Recent Events,

Including Vienna International Meeting

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL DISCUSSES IMPLEMENTATION OF, FOLLOW-UP TO

MAJOR UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCES, SUMMITS

 

(Reissued as received.)

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in St. Petersburg, Russian Federation, from Florence, Italy, in the late afternoon of Sunday, 16 July.

DARFUR PEACE AGREEMENT WILL BE JEOPARDIZED, WITHOUT MORE RESOURCES FOR AFRICAN

UNION MISSION, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL TO BRUSSELS PLEDGING CONFERENCE

Following is UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s address to the pledging conference for the African Union Mission in the Sudan, in Brussels on 18 July:

AT MIDYEAR, UNITED NATIONS STILL NEEDS $3.1 BILLION FOR HUMANITARIAN ACTION

NEW YORK/GENEVA, 18 July (OCHA) -- Six months after the launch of the Humanitarian Appeal 2006, the United Nations and its partners still require $3.1 billion to address the urgent needs of 30 million people struck by crisis in 31 countries worldwide.

Sixtieth General Assembly

First Committee

24^th Meeting (AM)

ECOnomic and Social Council Adopts Resolution on Strengthening Coordination

of Emergency Humanitarian Assistance

 

Holds Panel Discussion on Chronically

Underfunded Emergencies, Concludes Humanitarian Segment

(Reissued as received.)