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Secretary-General says in message to Energy Globe Awards

 

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the Energy Globe Awards, delivered today in Vienna by Franz Baumann, Deputy Director-General, United Nations Office at Vienna:

Secretary-General condemns attacks in Côte d’Ivoire,

 

calls for resumed dialogue, return to peace process

 

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

Security Council Press Statement on Afghanistan

 

Following is the Security Council press statement on Afghanistan delivered today by Council President John Danforth (United States):

The Security Council welcomed the certification by Afghanistan's Joint Electoral Management Body (JEMB) of Hamid Karzai as the winner of the presidential election in Afghanistan that took place on 9 October.

Security Council

5073^rd Meeting (AM)

AFGHANS SHOWED ‘REMARKABLE POLITICAL MATURITY’ DURING RECENT PRESIDENTIAL

ELECTION, UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR PEACEKEEPING TELLS SECURITY COUNCIL

Also Warns Next Year’s Parliamentary Elections

Would Be Much More Complicated, Fraught with Security Concerns

United Nations humanitarian agencies make progress in Haiti, despite obstacles

NEW YORK, 9 November (OCHA) -- United Nations agencies operating in Haiti report that the humanitarian situation in Haiti’s north-western city of Gonaïves is improving though serious concerns remain.

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Third Committee

39^th Meeting (PM)

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Sixth Committee

25^th Meeting (AM)

Legal Committee seeks Assembly adoption of United Nations

 

Convention on Jurisdictional immunities of States

 

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Second Committee

29^th & 30^th Meetings (AM & PM)

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Fifty Committee

22^nd Meeting (PM)

BUDGET COMMITTEE TAKES UP NEWLY DEVELOPED STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK FOR 2006-2007

Biographical Note

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS JOMO SUNDARAM (MALAYSIA) AS ASSISTANT SECRETARY-GENERAL

ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS

The Secretary-General today announced the appointment of Jomo Kwame Sundaram of Malaysia as Assistant Secretary-General on Economic Development, Department of Economic and Social Affairs.