Biographical Note

VOLKER PETZOLDT APPOINTed DIRECTOR OF UN INFORMATION CENTRE IN MEXICO CITY

Secretary-General Kofi Annan has appointed Volker Petzoldt as Director of the United Nations Information Centre in Mexico City.  Mr. Petzoldt, who will assume his duties on 23 August 2004, succeeds Angel Escudero, who has retired from the service of the Organization.

Biographical Note

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS SUNIL NARULA DIRECTOR

OF UN INFORMATION CENTRE IN TEHRAN

Secretary-General Kofi Annan has appointed Sunil Narula Director of the United Nations Information Centre in Tehran, Iran.  He took up his duties on 8 August 2004.

Secretary-General ‘SHOCKED AND OUTRAGED’ BY MASSACRE

OF CIVILIAN REFUGEES IN BURUNDI

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

Secretary-General deeply saddened by iraq violence,

says un ready to help resolve current crisIs

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS RACHEL N. MAYANJA OF UGANDA AS SPECIAL ADVISER

ON GENDER ISSUES, ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN

The Secretary-General today announced the appointment of Rachel N. Mayanja as his Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women.  The appointment is at the Assistant-Secretary-General level.

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS MARGARETA WAHLSTRÖM OF SWEDEN

ASSISTANT SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS

The Secretary-General today announced the appointment of Margareta Wahlström (Sweden) as Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator.

WITH APPROACH OF 15 AUGUST REFERENDUM, SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS

ON VENEZUELANS TO RESOLVE DISPUTES THROUGH DIALOGUE

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

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:

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.

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: