SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE TO REGIONAL SUMMIT, CALLS ON BURUNDI’S LEADERS

TO TAKE LAST STEP TOWARDS MEETING ASPIRATIONS OF THEIR PEOPLE

He Pledges Continued United Nations Support for Electoral Process

PROMOTING SOCIAL PROGRESS, BETTER LIVING STANDARDS AS IMPORTANT NOW AS fifty

YEARS AGO, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN ADDRESS TO ASIAN-AFRICAN SUMMIT

Underlining Need for Compromise in Seeking Global Deal,

He Says United Nations Institutions Should Reflect World of 2005, Not 1945

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s address to the Asian-African Summit in Jakarta, Indonesia, 22 April:

EFFECTIVE UN IMPORTANT FOR ALL – BUT PERHAPS MOST IMPORTANT FOR DEVELOPING WORLD,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN JAKARTA REMARKS

Following are UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s opening remarks at a panel on reform in Jakarta, 21 April:

SECRETARY-GENERAL REITERATES CALL FOR RESTRAINT, DIALOGUE IN ECUADOR,

AS VICE-PRESIDENT ASSUMES PRESIDENCY

 

The following statement was issued on 20 April by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General has learned that the Vice-President of Ecuador, Alfredo Palacio, has assumed the functions of the presidency.

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR FREE, PEACEFUL VOTE, AS TOGO

 

APPROACHES 24 APRIL PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

 

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

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SECRETARY-GENERAL PROPOSES APPOINTMENT OF INGA-BRITT AHLENIUS OF SWEDEN

AS UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR INTERNAL OVERSIGHT SERVICES

Secretary-General Kofi Annan today proposed for approval by the General Assembly the appointment of Inga-Britt Ahlenius of Sweden as Under-Secretary-General for Internal Oversight Services for a five-year non-renewable term.

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS WARREN SACH OF UNITED KINGDOM

 

AS ASSISTANT SECRETARY-GENERAL, CONTROLLER

 

The Secretary-General today announced the appointment of Warren Sach of the United Kingdom as Assistant Secretary-General, Controller.  He has been serving as Director of the Programme Planning and Budget Division since May 1997. 

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONGRATULATES POPE BENEDICT XVI, WISHES HIM

STRENGTH, COURAGE IN ASSUMING RESPONSIBILITIES

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

The Secretary-General congratulates His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI on his assumption of the papacy.  His Holiness brings a wealth of experience to this exalted office.

‘PIECES IN PLACE’ ON GLOBAL DEAL TO PROMOTE DEVELOPMENT, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN REMARKS TO HEADQUARTERS PANEL

 

Following are UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks to the panel of finance and development cooperation ministers and experts, held as part of the Commission on Sustainable Development, in New York, 18 April:

EXPECTATIONS OF MOMENTOUS DECISIONS HIGH, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

AT OPENING OF HIGH-LEVEL ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL MEETING

There Is Widespread ‘If Not Now, When?’ Feeling, He Tells

World Bank, International Monetary Fund, World Trade Organization Delegates

Following is UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s opening statement at the special high-level meeting of the Economic and Social Council, in New York, today, 18 April: