SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS SUICIDE CAR BOMBING IN IRAQ

 

‘IN THE STRONGEST POSSIBLE TERMS’

 

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL ASKS CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION TO DO UTMOST

TO CREATE CONDITIONS WHICH UN SYSTEM STAFF NEED TO SUCCEED

 

EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN THE MOST EFFECTIVE DEVELOPMENT TOOL,

 

SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS COMMISSION ON STATUS OF WOMEN

 

Calls on International Community to Promote Gender Equality and Invest in Women

Following are the remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at today’s opening of the forty-ninth session of the Commission on the Status of Women marking Beijing +10:

Thank you very much, Madame President,

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES DESIGNATION OF INTERIM HEAD OF STATE OF TOGO

The following statement was issued on 25 February by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

SECRETARY-GENERAL PROPOSES APPOINTMENT OF SUPACHAI PANITCHPAKDI,

CURRENTLY WTO DIRECTOR-GENERAL, AS HEAD OF UNCTAD

Secretary-General Kofi Annan today proposed, for confirmation by the General Assembly, the appointment of Supachai Panitchpakdi of Thailand as Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) for a term of four years, beginning on 1 September 2005 and ending on 31 August 2009.

PRESS STATEMENT BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT ON TERRORIST ATTACK IN ISRAEL

Following is today’s statement to the press by Security Council President Joel W. Adechi (Benin):

Members of the Security Council condemn in the strongest possible terms Friday’s terrorist attack in Tel Aviv by a suicide bomber, which killed or wounded dozens of innocent Israelis, and offer its deepest sympathy to the victims, their families, and the Israeli people.

PRESIDENT OF UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL AND CHAIRMAN

 

OF MILITARY STAFF COMMITTEE IN MARCH

In accordance with the principle of alphabetical rotation, the following are the President of the United Nations Security Council and the Chairman of the Military Staff Committee for March:

Security Council

Security Council

5132^nd Meeting (AM)

TANGIBLE PROGRESS MADE BUILDING TIMOR-LESTE’S DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS,

BUT MAJOR CHALLENGES REMAIN, SECURITY COUNCIL TOLD

 

Special Representative Says Land Border Demarcation among Unresolved Issues;

Secretary-General’s Report Recommends ‘Scaled Down’ UN Mission until 20 May 2006

SOME 36 COUNTRIES WORLDWIDE FACE SERIOUS FOOD SHORTAGES, SAYS FAO REPORT

Conflicts, Bad Weather Cause African Food Problems

(Reissued as received.)

MAXIMIZING INVESTMENTS IN AGRICULTURE IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE

 

Meeting Explores Ways to Ensure Integrated Approach to Agricultural Development

(Reissued as received.)