| Press Release Note No. 5918 |
Note to Correspondents
38 MILLIONTH VISITOR will take UNITED NATIONS GUIDED TOUR;
Benchmark to be reached in February
| Press Release GA/PK/184 |
Special Committee on
Peacekeeping Operations
182nd & 183rd Meetings* (AM & PM)
As special committee concludes debate, troop contributors say peacekeeping burden
falls disproportionately on developing countries
Challenge Is How to Involve Regional
Organizations without Regionalizing Peacekeeping, Speaker Adds
| Press Release ENV/DEV/817 |
Convention on Biological Diversity to discuss island biodiversity,
2010 target, Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
SBSTTA Meets in Bangkok, Thailand, 7 to 11 February
(Reissued as received.)
| Press Release SOC/NAR/920 |
UNITED NATIONS COUNTER-NARCOTICS CHIEF CALLS FOR INTERNATIONAL
ARREST WARRANTS AGAINST AFGHAN DRUG TRAFFICKERS
(Reissued as received.)
| Press Release SOC/4657 |
COMMITTEE NEGOTIATING TREATY ON PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
DISCUSSES INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS, FREEDOMS
Meeting for its fifth session, the General Assembly Ad Hoc Committee on a convention on the rights of persons with disabilities concluded its first week by discussing draft articles addressing equal recognition before the law, liberty and security of the person and other individual rights.
| Press Release SG/SM/9699 AFR/1099 ORG/1432 |
SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES GRATITUDE TO NIGERIA FOR MAKING
‘MAGNIFICENT UN HOUSE’ IN ABUJA A REALITY
Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks at the inauguration of UN House in Abuja, Nigeria, on 29 January:
| Press Release SG/SM/9698 AFR/1098 |
SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES AFRICAN LEADERS TO HELP MAKE 2005 YEAR OF RENEWAL FOR UN,
HOPE FOR AFRICA, IN ADDRESS TO ABUJASUMMIT
Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s address to the Fourth African Union Summit, in Abuja, Nigeria, 30 January:
| Press Release SG/SM/9697 IK/476 |
SECRETARY-GENERAL PRAISES COURAGE OF IRAQI PEOPLE ON ELECTION,
SAYS SUCCESS AUGURS WELL FOR TRANSITION
Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s statement on the Iraqi elections, issued in Abuja, Nigeria, on 30 January:
| Press Release SG/SM/9696 IHA/1008 |
SECRETARY-GENERAL’S MESSAGE TO PHUKET MEETING OFFERS CLOSE UN PARTNERSHIP
IN EFFORT TO CREATE TSUNAMI EARLY WARNING SYSTEM
| Press Release SC/8303 IK/477 |
Press Statement by Security Council President on Iraq elections
Following is the text of today’s statement to the press by Security Council President César Mayoral (Argentina):
