PRESS REPORTS ON POSSIBLE RESIGNATION OF PERSONAL ENVOY

FOR WESTERN SAHARA INCORRECT

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

JOINT MESSAGE FOR WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY, 3 MAY, BY UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY-

GENERAL, DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNESCO, UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS

This year, World Press Freedom Day is devoted to the question of terrorism and media freedom.  Above all, it is dedicated to those courageous journalists who put themselves at serious risk, and sometimes pay the highest penalty, by exercising their profession.

DISCUSSIONS CONCLUDE BETWEEN UN, ISRAEL ON FACT-FINDING TEAM;

ISRAELI CABINET TO TAKE FORMAL DECISION 28 APRIL

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL, ON SIXTEENTH ANNIVERSARY OF CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT, INDICATES

SHIFT IN UN ASSISTANCE TOWARDS LONG-TERM DEVELOPMENT

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

Today, 26 April, marks the sixteenth anniversary of the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine.

SECRETARY-GENERAL’S SPECIAL ENVOY CONCLUDES FOUR-DAY MISSION TO MYANMAR

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

Razali Ismail, the Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Myanmar, left Yangon Friday after concluding his four-day mission aimed at helping facilitate the national reconciliation process in Myanmar.

INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY WILL STILL HAVE CRUCIAL ROLE IN HELPING EAST TIMORESE

TO CONSOLIDATE NEW INSTITUTIONS, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS SECURITY COUNCIL

The following statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan was delivered today at the Security Council meeting on the situation in East Timor:

UNITED NATIONS JOINT STATEMENT ON GLOBAL COMPACT BY SECRETARY-GENERAL

AND PRESIDENT OF INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF EMPLOYERS (IOE)

The following statement was issued today in New York:

Biographical Note

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS PATRICIA DURRANT OF JAMAICA AS UNITED NATIONS OMBUDSMAN

The Secretary-General announced the appointment of Patricia Durrant of Jamaica as United Nations Ombudsman.  The appointment is at the Assistant Secretary-General level.

A career diplomat since 1971, Ms. Durrant has been accredited as Permanent Representative of Jamaica to the United Nations since 7 June 1995.

SECRETARY-GENERAL, ACCEPTING REPORT ON CHALLENGES OF FUTURE PEACE OPERATIONS,

SAYS TOMORROW’S TESTS WILL REQUIRE DEEPER, MORE CONSISTENT COLLABORATION

Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan, as he accepted the report “Challenges of Peace Operations:  Into the 21^st Century”, from Sweden’s Foreign Minister at a Headquarters seminar on 25 April:

SECRETARY-GENERAL PRAISES CENTRAL AFRICAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE’S TIRELESS

EFFORTS FOR PEACE, IN MESSAGE TO KINSHASA MINISTERIAL MEETING