ON 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF CHERNOBYL DISASTER, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS GENEROUS SUPPORT

FOR TRAUMATIZED COMMUNITIES BEST WAY TO HONOUR VICTIMS

 

The following statement was issued by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the twentieth anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster:

Biographical Note

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS LEGWAILA JOSEPH LEGWAILA

OF BOTSWANA AS SPECIAL ADVISER ON AFRICA

The Secretary-General announced today the appointment of Legwaila Joseph Legwaila of Botswana as Special Adviser on Africa effective 1 May 2006.

Biographical Note

Round-up of Session

COMMISSION ON LIMITS OF CONTINENTAL SHELF CONCLUDES SEVENTEENTH SESSION

NEW YORK, 26 April (DOALOS) -- The seventeenth session of the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf was held from 20 March to 21 April.

Committee on Information

Twenty-eighth Session

4^th & 5^th Meetings (AM & PM)

THREE-DAY INFORMATION COMMITTEE DEBATE PROVIDED DPI WITH CLEAR EVALUATION

OF PERFORMANCE, WHERE IMPROVEMENT NEEDED, SAYS UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL

UNITED NATIONS SPECIAL HUMANITARIAN ENVOY MEETS ERITREAN PRESIDENT AFWERKI

 

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan visited Macalester College, in St. Paul, Minnesota, on 22 April, where he gave an inaugural speech at the College’s newly created Institute for Global Citizenship.

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRONGLY CONDEMNS SRI LANKA SUICIDE BOMBING, SAYS

ESCALATING VIOLENCE COULD ENDANGER FRAGILE PEACE PROCESS

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

‘LET US HONOUR THE VICTIMS OF CHEMICAL WARFARE’ BY ELIMINATING DREADFUL WEAPONS,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE ON REMEMBRANCE DAY

Following is UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on the Remembrance Day for Victims of Chemical Warfare, observed 29 April:

SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ADDS 4 INDIVIDUALS IN AL-QAIDA SECTION OF CONSOLIDATED

LIST, APPROVES CHANGE OF INFORMATION REGARDING 9 INDIVIDUALS, 1 ENTITY