‘CALLING OURSELVES COLLEAGUES OF DAG HAMMARSKJÖLD IS A BADGE OF HONOUR WE ALL WEAR’

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL, OPENING COMMEMORATIVE LECTURE SERIES

Following are UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks to open the Dag Hammarskjöld Lectures and Conversations Series in New York, 4 April:

Let me start by saying that calling ourselves colleagues of Dag Hammarskjöld is a badge of honour we all wear.

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES AGREEMENT ON WITHDRAWAL OF SYRIAN TROOPS

 

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPEALS TO PARLIAMENTARIANS TO HELP ADVANCE UN REFORM

TO MEET 21^ST CENTURY CHALLENGES, IN MESSAGE TO MANILA MEETING

 

Following is UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the 112^th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, delivered by Robert Orr, Assistant Secretary-General for Policy Coordination and Strategic Planning, in Manila, 3 April:

SECRETARY-GENERAL SADDENED BY DEATH OF POPE JOHN PAUL II,

 

SPIRITUAL GUIDE, TIRELESS ADVOCATE OF PEACE

 

Following is the statement of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the death of Pope John Paul II, issued 2 April:

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS ENVOYS FOR SEPTEMBER SUMMIT

 

The Secretary-General is pleased to announce the appointment of their Excellencies Dermot Ahern, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ireland; Ali Alatas, former Foreign Minister of Indonesia; Joaquin Chissano, former President of Mozambique; and Ernesto Zedillo, former President of Mexico, as his Envoys for the Summit to take place in New York in September 2005.

Security Council

5159^th Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS UN OPERATION IN CÔTE D’IVOIRE UNTIL 4 MAY,

 

UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTING RESOLUTION 1594 (2005)

 

The Security Council decided this afternoon to extend for one month, until 4 May 2005, the mandate of the United Nations Operation in Côte d’Ivoire (UNOCI) and the French forces supporting it.

Commission on Population and Development

Thirty-eight Session

1^st & 2^nd Meetings (AM & PM)

MATERNAL MORTALITY UNACCEPTABLY HIGH, POPULATION COMMISSION TOLD,

AS IT OPENS CURRENT SESSION

 

Commission on Population and Development

Thirty-eight Session

1^st & 2^nd Meetings (AM & PM)

MATERNAL MORTALITY UNACCEPTABLY HIGH, POPULATION COMMISSION TOLD,

AS IT OPENS CURRENT SESSION

 

EXPERTS MEET IN GENEVA ON 5 APRIL TO EXPLORE ACTION

TO COUNTER VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN

 

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 4 April (UN Information Service) -- The Independent Expert leading a global study on violence against children will meet in Geneva with other international specialists on 5 April to explore possible action against the problem.

GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT OFFERS CONDOLENCES ON DEATH OF POPE JOHN PAUL II

Following is the statement of Jean Ping, President of the United Nations General Assembly, on the death of Pope John Paul II, issued on 2 April: