Press Release AFR/1008 SAG/283 |
UN SEEKS EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FOR KENYAN AGRICULTURE,
AS DROUGHT, CROP FAILURE TAKE HEAVY TOLL
(Reissued as received.)
Press Release AFR/1008 SAG/283 |
UN SEEKS EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FOR KENYAN AGRICULTURE,
AS DROUGHT, CROP FAILURE TAKE HEAVY TOLL
(Reissued as received.)
Press Release SG/SM/9443 IK/451 |
SECRETARY-GENERAL EXTREMELY CONCERNED BY WIDESPREAD FIGHTING
IN IRAQ, OFFERS UN HELP IN CURRENT CRISIS
The following statement was issued Saturday, 7 August, by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
Press Release PAL/2008 PI/1601 |
ISRAELI, PALESTINIAN YOUTH TO VISIT UNITED NATIONS IN VIENNA
(Reissued as received.)
Press Release SG/SM/9442 AFR/1007 |
Secretary-General welcomes agreement on action plan for darfur
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
The Secretary-General welcomes the agreement between his Special Representative for Sudan, Jan Pronk, and the Government of Sudan on an Action Plan for Darfur.
Press Release SG/SM/9441 |
GOAL OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS FREE WORLD STILL ‘A LONG WAY OFF’,
SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS HIROSHIMA PEACE MEMORIAL CEREMONY
Following is the text of the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Peace Memorial Ceremony in Hiroshima today, delivered by Nobuyasu Abe, Under-Secretary-General for Disarmament Affairs:
Press Release SG/SM/9440 |
Secretary-General’s message for ‘celebrate humanity’
campaign by international Olympic committee
Following is the text of a video message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan for the “Celebrate Humanity” Campaign by the International Olympic Committee:
The greatest moment of a swimming race is not when one swimmer begins to pull ahead of the pack, or when one touches the wall in victory.
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Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York |
Biographical Note
SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS ROBERT C. ORR AS ASSISTANT SECRETARY-GENERAL
FOR POLICY COORDINATION AND STRATEGIC PLANNING
Press Release Note No. 5880 |
Note to Correspondents
INTERNATIONAL DAY OF WORLD’S INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
TO BE OBSERVED ON 9 AUGUST AT UN HEADQUARTERS
Each year, the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples (9 August) is observed at United Nations Headquarters with a ceremony and a cultural presentation. This year’s observance will take place at 1:15 p.m. on Monday, 9 August, in the General Assembly Lobby (46th Street and First Avenue).
Press Release HR/4786 |
VITIT MUNTARBHORN APPOINTED UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON SITUATION
OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA
(Reissued as received.)
Press Release GA/PAL/963 |
Committee on the Inalienable Rights
of the Palestinian People
280th Meeting (AM)