eleventh un crime congress opens in bangkok with focus

 

on organized crime, terrorism

Elected President of Congress, Thai Justice Minister Stresses

Need for International Community to Build New Security Consensus

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONGRATULATES POPE BENEDICT XVI, WISHES HIM

STRENGTH, COURAGE IN ASSUMING RESPONSIBILITIES

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

The Secretary-General congratulates His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI on his assumption of the papacy.  His Holiness brings a wealth of experience to this exalted office.

PRESS STATEMENT ON IRAQ-KUWAIT BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is the text of today’s statement to the press on Iraq-Kuwait by Security Council President Wang Guangya (China):

Committee on Information

Twenty-seventh Session

2^nd & 3^rd Meetings (AM & PM)

INFORMATION CENTRE RATIONALIZATION, WEBSITE, LIBRARY MODERNIZATION

AMONG ISSUES ADDRESSED IN INFORMATION COMMITTEE DEBATE

 

Commission on Sustainable Development

Thirteenth Session

12^th Meeting (AM)

Commission on Sustainable Development continues consideration of draft outcome

document, as chairman proposes alternative text to speed up negotiations

‘PIECES IN PLACE’ ON GLOBAL DEAL TO PROMOTE DEVELOPMENT, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN REMARKS TO HEADQUARTERS PANEL

 

Following are UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks to the panel of finance and development cooperation ministers and experts, held as part of the Commission on Sustainable Development, in New York, 18 April:

EXPECTATIONS OF MOMENTOUS DECISIONS HIGH, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

AT OPENING OF HIGH-LEVEL ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL MEETING

There Is Widespread ‘If Not Now, When?’ Feeling, He Tells

World Bank, International Monetary Fund, World Trade Organization Delegates

Following is UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s opening statement at the special high-level meeting of the Economic and Social Council, in New York, today, 18 April:

SECRETARY-GENERAL NOTES ELECTION OUTCOME IN NORTHERN CYPRUS, WELCOMES

 

RENEWED EVIDENCE OF COMMITMENT TO PEACEFUL RESOLUTION

 

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES JOINT STATEMENT BY LEADERS OF INDIA, PAKISTAN

 

Following is a statement attributable to the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE TO JOINT PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY, URGES

MEMBERS TO PLAY THEIR PART TOWARDS MEETING MILLENNIUM GOALS

Citizens Want to See Effective Multilateral

Action to Meet Challenges of Our Time, He Tells Their Representatives