SECRETARY-GENERAL’S REMARKS AT GENERAL ASSEMBLY TRIBUTE TO PRESIDENT ARAFAT

This is the text of remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan today at the General Assembly tribute to President Arafat:

‘Each of us is his brother’s keeper’, says Secretary-General

at International Rescue Committee Dinner

 

Following is the text of remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the International Rescue Committee Freedom Award dinner honouring General Romeo Dallaire in New York, on 10 November:

‘International solidarity is crucial’, Secretary-General SAYS

at launch of Humanitarian Appeal for 2005

 

Following is the text of remarks, as delivered by Secretary-General Kofi Annan today at the launch of the Consolidated Humanitarian Appeal for 2005:

We are here today to sound an alarm on behalf of 26 million people struggling to survive the ravages of war and other emergencies.

Secretary-General deeply regrets loss of life in wake of violence in Côte d’Ivoire

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

Secretary-General deeply moved at death of President Arafat

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

Security Council

5075^th Meeting* (AM & PM)

UNITED NATIONS ESTABLISHES WORKING GROUP ON INTERNET GOVERNANCE

NEW YORK, 11 November (Working Group on Internet Governance) -- Secretary-General Kofi Annan announced today the establishment of the Working Group on Internet Governance.  The Working Group will prepare the ground for a decision on this issue by the second phase of the World Summit on the Information Society, to be held in Tunis in November 2005.

SECRETARY-GENERAL SEEKS $1.7 billion for ‘FORGOTTEN CRISES’

NEW YORK, 11 November (OCHA) -- The United Nations Secretary-General has requested $1.7 billion to help people survive a web of forgotten humanitarian crises, mainly in Africa.  "We are here today to sound an alarm on behalf of

26 million people struggling to survive the ravages of war and other emergencies", Kofi Annan told North American, European and Japanese donor Governments in New York today.

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Third Committee

42^nd Meeting (PM)

NO COUNTRY IMMUNE TO HUMAN RIGHTS PROBLEMS, THIRD COMMITTEE TOLD

Draft Texts Approved on Women in UN System,

Human Rights and Terrorism, Human Rights Centre in Central Africa

Statement by Bureau of Committee on Palestinian Rights

 

Concerning Passing of President Arafat

 

The Bureau of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People issued the following statement on the passing of the Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization and President of the Palestinian Authority, Yasser Arafat: