SECRETARY-GENERAL ‘DEEPLY DISTURBED’ BY ATTACK ON DARFUR VILLAGE,

CALLS ON PARTIES TO COMPLY FULLY WITH CEASEFIRE AGREEMENT

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

Secretary-General calls on people of iraq to exercise

 

their democratic rights in Sunday’s election

The following statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the elections in Iraq was issued today:

SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ADDS ONE INDIVIDUAL

TO AL-QAIDA SECTION OF ITS CONSOLIDATED LIST

The Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee on 28 January 2005 approved the addition of one individual to its consolidated list (Al-Qaida section).

73. *Name: 1: SULAYMAN 2: KHALID 3: DARWISH 4: na

Security Council

5117^th Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL CONDEMNS VIOLENCE ALONG BLUE LINE BETWEEN ISRAEL AND LEBANON,

EXTENDS MANDATE OF UNIFIL UNTIL 31 JULY

Resolution 1583 (2005) Adopted Unanimously

Security Council

5116^th Meeting* (AM)

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS GEORGIAMISSION UNTIL 31 JULY 2005,

UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTING RESOLUTION 1582 (2005)

UN-AFFILIATED UNIVERSITY FOR PEACE APPOINTS NEW RECTOR

 

NEW YORK, 27 January (University for Peace) -- Maurice Strong, Chair of the Council of the University for Peace (UPEACE), who is also Special Adviser to United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan, announced today the appointment of Julia Marton-Lefèvre to the position of Rector of UPEACE.

RISKS OF FLOODING CONTINUE IN GUYANA

NEW YORK, 28 January (OCHA) -- Risks of further flooding continue in Guyana due to more rain over the past days, warned the United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination (UNDAC) team.  The team has been sent in response to a request of the Government of Guyana after flooding in that country.

Ethiopia reaps bumper harvest, but more than 2 million people

will need food aid this year

New Safety Net Programme to Benefit 5 Million People Who Face Chronic Hunger

(Reissued as received.)

UN WOMEN’S RIGHTS COMMITTEE ISSUES FIRST FINDINGS UNDER OPTIONAL PROTOCOL

Inquiry into Rapes, Murders, Abductions in North Mexico

STATEMENT ON UN ELECTORAL ASSISTANCE DIRECTOR’S REMARKS TO PRESS

The following statement was issued on 26 January by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan: