TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI ANNAN

AT UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS, 30 DECEMBER 2004

The Secretary-General: Let me thank you for coming.  This is a difficult period for all of us.

UN POPULATION FUND ASSISTS TSUNAMI VICTIMS,

 

WARNS WOMEN, GIRLS ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE

 

Agency Seeks Funds to Meet Massive Needs across South and South-East Asia

UN UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY

 

TO SUPPORT RECOVERY OF VULNERABLE SMALL ISLAND STATES

 

Secretary-General Condemns suicide attack in Baghdad, reiterates un’s readiness

 

to assist elections, political transition

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL PROFOUNDLY SADDENED BY CATASTROPHIC LOSSES

IN SOUTHERN ASIA, FOLLOWING EARTHQUAKE-SPAWNED TIDAL WAVES

 

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

BAM:  REDUCING QUAKE DAMAGE POSSIBLE, SAYS UNITED NATIONS

NEW YORK, 25 December (OCHA) -- One year after the earthquake that devastated Bam, Iran, most of the surviving 155,000 inhabitants of that city are still living in tents and temporary shelters.

UNITED NATIONS RESPONDS TO NATURAL DISASTERS IN INDIAN OCEAN COUNTRIES

 

NEW YORK, 26 December (OCHA) -- The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has dispatched the United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination (UNDAC) team of experts to help the Government of Sri Lanka in coordinating the international response to massive tidal waves that struck this island nation.

Secretary-General deeply troubled by reported escalation of fighting in nepal

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

The Secretary-General is deeply troubled by reports of an escalation of fighting in Nepal and of continued grave human rights violations.  The conflict is undermining democracy and human rights and seriously hindering development activities.

SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE MAKES CHANGES TO ITS CONSOLIDATED LIST;

ADDS TWO INDIVIDUALS, DE-LISTS ONE INDIVIDUAL

 

The Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee on 23 December 2004 approved the addition of two individuals to its consolidated list (Al-Qaida section).

23. *Name: 1: SAAD 2: RASHED 3: MOHAMMAD 4: AL-FAQIH

SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ADDS ONE INDIVIDUAL

 

TO AL-QAIDA SECTION OF CONSOLIDATED LIST

 

The Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee on 22 December 2004 approved the addition of one individual to its consolidated list (Al-Qaida section).