SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS ASSASSINATION OF FORMER PRIME MINISTER OF LEBANON

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

The Secretary-General has learned with great sadness and shock of the brutal murder in the heart of Beirut today of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri of Lebanon and a number of others.

‘IN STRENGTHENING THE SECURITY OF OTHERS, WE PROTECT THE SECURITY

OF OUR OWN’, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN MUNICH ADDRESS

 

Following is the text of the address, as delivered by Secretary-General Kofi Annan, to the forty-first Munich Conference on Security Policy:  “A More Secure World:  The Future Role of the United Nations”, in Munich, 13 February:

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONCERNED OVER DETERIORATING SECURITY IN TOGO,

CALLS FOR RESTRAINT, PEACEFUL SOLUTION TO CRISIS

 

The following statement was issued by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan on 12 February:

NEW ILO REPORT SEES WEAK GLOBAL JOB GROWTH IN 2004,

 

SAYS EUROPEAN JOB GROWTH REMAINS STATIC

 

GENEVA, 14 February (ILO) -- Despite robust economic growth, the global employment situation improved only slightly in 2004, with employment increasing and unemployment down marginally, the International Labour Office (ILO) said in its annual report, Global Employment Trends, released today.

PAKISTAN:  UN COUNTRY TEAM RESPONDS TO NATURAL DISASTERS

NEW YORK, 14 February (UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs) -- Heavy snowfall, torrential rains and burst dams have killed more than 300 people in Pakistan over the past two weeks.  Rain and snow continue to cause heavy damage in Pakistan’s northern areas, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, north-west frontier province (NWFP), Balochistan and parts of PunjabProvince.

UN ISSUES REPORT ON WORLD SEABORNE TRADE; FINDS

 

2003 EXPANSION, EXPECTS SIMILAR 2004 GROWTH

 

(Reissued as received.)

Commission for Social Development

Forty-third Session

6^th & 7^th Meetings (AM & PM)

DECLARATION APPROVED AT SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION’S HIGH-LEVEL SEGMENT

CALLS FOR RENEWED COMMITMENT TO VISION FOR MORE JUST, EQUITABLE WORLD

Ten-Year Review of Copenhagen World Summit Continues at Headquarters

SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON LIBERIA MEETS WITH PANEL OF EXPERTS APPOINTED

BY RESOLUTION 1579 (2004) PRIOR TO PANEL’S TRAVEL TO LIBERIA

GOVERNMENT OF TAJIKISTAN APPEALS FOR HELP

 

NEW YORK, 11 February (OCHA) -- The Government of Tajikistan has requested assistance from the United Nations after heavy snowstorms in that country.

LIFE-SAVING EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE UNDER WAY IN ITURI, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC

OF CONGO, SAYS UN HUMANITARIAN COORDINATOR

 

BUNIA, 8 February (OCHA) -- Humanitarian organizations have begun the delivery of much-needed emergency assistance to the survivors of an attack on Tché, District of Ituri.  Over 10,000 people are now gathered in the area, seeking protection from further attacks by FNI militia.