Press Release

Press Release
AFR/225

SPECIAL MEETING ON SECURITY, DEVELOPMENT IN CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC TO BE HELD AT HEADQUARTERS 15-16 MAY

Press Release
SG/SM/7386

SECRETARY-GENERAL JOINS IN CELEBRATING VISION OF ROBERT SCHUMAN WHO LAID FOUNDATION FOR IDEA OF EUROPEAN UNION

Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan at a ceremony commemorating Schuman Day, in New York on 9 May:

Press Release
SG/SM/7385

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONCERNED BY ESCALATION OF FIGHTING IN SRI LANKA, APPEALS TO ALL PARTIES TO AVOID PLACING CIVILIAN LIVES AT RISK

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

Press Release
SG/SM/7384
PAL/1879

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS PALESTINE REFUGEES 'SPECIAL CAUSE' FOR UN, AT PALESTINE RELIEF AGENCY'S 50TH ANNIVERSARY PHOTO EXHIBIT

Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the opening of a photo exhibition commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), at Headquarters on 8 May:

Press Release
SG/SM/7383

HEAD OF UN AFGHANISTAN MISSION HOLDS CONSULTATIONS IN INDIA

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

Press Release
SC/6854

SECURITY COUNCIL HEARS BRIEFING ON SITUATION IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA BY HIGH REPRESENTATIVE FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF DAYTON ACCORDS

Progress in the implementation of the Dayton Peace Accords was as slow and painful as ever -- but it was working, Wolfgang Petritsch, High Representative for the Implementation of the Peace Agreement on Bosnia and Herzegovina, told the Security Council this morning.

Press Release
GA/AB/3367

FIFTH COMMITTEE DISCUSSES LEBANON, GOLAN HEIGHTS PEACEKEEPING, BUDGET IMPLICATIONS OF MILLENNIUM SUMMIT

The Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) concluded its general discussion of the financing of several peacekeeping missions this morning, and commenced its discussion of the programme budget implications of a draft resolution on the Millennium Assembly.

Press Release
SG/SM/7382

SECRETARY-GENERAL SALUTES INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON HUMAN SECURITY IN MONGOLIA

Two-Day Session in Ulaanbaatar, 8-10 May

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan, delivered today in salute to Mongolia’s hosting of an international workshop on human security:

Press Release
SG/SM/7381
AFR/224

IN APPEAL TO REGIONAL LEADERS, SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR RETURN TO NORMALCY, RESUMPTION OF PEACE PROCESS IN SIERRA LEONE

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

Press Release
GA/AB/3366

FIFTH COMMITTEE CONTINUES CONSIDERATION OF PEACEKEEPING FINANCE, ADDRESSING QUESTIONS ON INTERNAL OVERSIGHT REPORTS

When the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) met this afternoon to continue its consideration of the financing of peacekeeping operations, a representative of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations responded to questions raised concerning two investigations by the Office of Internal Oversight Services.