SECRETARY-GENERAL DISPATCHES SPECIAL ENVOY FOR CAMEROON ELECTIONS

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

PRESS STATEMENT ON SOMALIA BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is today’s press statement on Somalia by the President of the Security Council, Mikhail Wehbe (Syria):

Members of the Council received a briefing by Carolyn McAskie, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, on the humanitarian situation in Somalia.

UN MESSENGERS OF PEACE, GOODWILL AMBASSADORS SHARE EXPERIENCES,

AS TWO-DAY MEETING ON CELEBRITY ADVOCACY OPENS

"Your presence here today shows vividly that when it comes to working together for a better world, there is no divide between civilizations", Secretary-General Kofi Annan told the opening session of the Meeting of United Nations Goodwill Ambassadors and Messengers of Peace this morning.

General Assembly Meeting on Information and Communication Technologies

for Development, 17-18 June, New York

Summary by President of General Assembly at Concluding Plenary Meeting

The following statement was delivered on behalf of General Assembly President Han Seung-soo, (Republic of Korea) by Assembly Vice-President Fawzi bin Abdul Majeed Shobokshi:

UNITED NATIONS IS IN UNIQUE POSITION TO PROMOTE PARTNERSHIPS TO ADDRESS

DIGITAL DIVIDE, GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT SAYS

Following is the statement by Han Seung-soo (Republic of Korea), President of the General Assembly, at the meeting of the General Assembly devoted to information and communications technologies for development, yesterday, 17 June:

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Plenary

103^rd and 104^th Meetings (AM & PM)

CONCLUDING TWO-DAY SESSION ON INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES FOR DEVELOPMENT,

ASSEMBLY HEARS CALLS FOR POLITICAL COMMITMENT BY DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

India Stresses Education as Bridge over Digital Divide;

Cuba Says International Assistance Crucial to Countries Still Lacking Basic Needs

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOUNDATIONS, OTHER DONORS, LEADING AGENTS IN FIGHT

TO ATTAIN MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS

Following are the remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the meeting of foundations and other donors on the Campaign for the Millennium Development Goals, New York:

SECRETARY-GENERAL CREDITS POLITICAL COMMITMENT OF TAJIK PARTIES,

INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY, WITH FORGING PEACE IN TAJIKISTAN

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the International Conference in commemoration of the fifth anniversary of the signing of the General Peace Agreement in Tajikistan, delivered on his behalf by Ivo Petrov, Representative of the Secretary-General for Tajikistan:

REFUGEE SITUATION HAS TAKEN ‘ALARMING TURN’ FOR WORSE IN SOME COUNTRIES,

SECRETARY-GENERAL WARNS

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to mark World Refugee Day, 20 June:

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