| Press Release SG/SM/8722 |
SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES RENEWED COMMITMENT TO ‘SOUTH-SOUTH’ COOPERATION
IN MESSAGE TO NEW YORK ANNIVERSARY MEETING
| Press Release SG/SM/8721 AFR/625 |
AFRICAN UNION’S COMMITMENT TO HUMAN RIGHTS, EFFORTS FOR CONFLICT PREVENTION
DESERVE FULLEST SUPPORT, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL
Following is the text of remarks as delivered by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the ceremony marking the fortieth anniversary of “Africa Day” in New York today:
| Press Release SG/A/838 BIO/3495 |
Biographical Note
SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS NOBUYASU ABE AS NEW UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL
FOR DISARMAMENT AFFAIRS
The Secretary-General announced today the appointment of Nobuyasu Abe of Japan as the new Under-Secretary-General for Disarmament Affairs, succeeding Jayantha Dhanapala, effective 1 July 2003. Mr. Abe has been serving as Ambassador of Japan to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia since November 2001.
| Press Release SG/A/837 BIO/3494 IK/361 |
Biographical Note
SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS SERGIO VIEIRA DE MELLO
AS HIS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR IRAQ
| Press Release SG/SM/8720 |
TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI ANNAN AND SPECIAL
REPRESENTATIVE FOR IRAQ, SERGIO VIEIRA DE MELLO, 27 MAY
The Secretary-General: Good afternoon, Ladies and Gentlemen.
| Press Release SG/SM/8719 PAL/1950 |
SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES DECISION BY ISRAELI GOVERNMENT TO ACCEPT ROAD MAP
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
| Press Release SG/SM/8718 |
INFORMATION AGE CREATES VAST OPPORTUNITIES, BUT ALSO GENERATES NEW ‘DIVIDES’,
SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO BANGKOK CONFERENCE
Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the first Conference of Ministers on “Information and Broadcasting in Asia and the Pacific”, delivered by Shashi Tharoor, Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information, in Bangkok 27 May:
| Press Release SG/SM/8717 |
SECRETARY-GENERAL MOURNS INTERNATIONAL STAFF KILLED
IN PLANE CRASH FOLLOWING SERVICE IN AFGHANISTAN
The following statement was issued 26 May by the Spokesman for Secretary-GeneralKofi Annan:
| Press Release SG/SM/8716 AFR/621 |
SECRETARY-GENERAL ‘DEEPLY SADDENED’ BY HEAVY LOSS OF LIFE
FOLLOWING ALGERIAN EARTHQUAKE, OFFERS UN ASSISTANCE
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
| Press Release SG/SM/8715 SC/7766 IK/359 |
SECRETARY-GENERAL PLEDGES UN SUPPORT TO IRAQ IN ‘COMPLEX AND DIFFICULT’
TASKS AHEAD, IN MESSAGE TO SECURITY COUNCIL
Following is the text of remarks, as delivered, by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to today’s Security Council meeting on “The Situation between Iraq and Kuwait” in New York:
