| Press Release SG/SM/8082 AFR/365 |
UN WELCOMES GROWING PARTNERSHIP WITH WEST AFRICAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY,
SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO DAKAR MEETING
| Press Release SG/2074 ENV/DEV/604 |
SECRETARY-GENERAL OUTLINES VISION FOR BUILDING SECURE FUTURE IN REPORT
FOR WORLD SUMMIT ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
The global economic growth that propelled many economies during the 1990’s did not promote sustainable development, or the kind of development that encompasses economic growth, social development, and environmental protection, according to a new report issued by United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today.
| Press Release SG/SM/8081 |
TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI ANNAN
AT HEADQUARTERS, 19 DECEMBER
The Secretary-General: As usual, we meet before the holidays to thank you for all your interest and support during the year 2001 and to wish you all the very best for 2002.
This has been an extraordinary year -- an extraordinary year for the United Nations, for New York, for the United States and for much of the world.
The Secretary-General arrived in Stockholm on Wednesday morning, 12 December, where he met with his fellow 2001 Nobel Prize Laureates at the Nobel Foundation.
| Press Release SG/SM/8080 |
SECRETARY-GENERAL REGRETS UNITED STATES DECISION TO WITHDRAW FROM ABM TREATY
Following is the text of a statement issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
On 10 December 2001, in Oslo, the United Nations and its Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in its Centenary year for their work towards trying to create a better organized and more peaceful world.
| Press Release SG/SM/8079 |
SECRETARY-GENERAL, OUTRAGED BY TERRORIST ATTACK ON INDIAN PARLIAMENT,
CONVEYS CONDOLENCES TO GOVERNMENT, PEOPLE OF INDIA
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
| Press Release SG/SM/8078 |
SECRETARY-GENERAL, DISTURBED BY UPSURGE OF VIOLENCE IN MIDDLE EAST,
URGES PARTIES BACK TO NEGOTIATING TABLE
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
The Secretary-General is deeply disturbed by the recent upsurge of violence in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory.
| Press Release SG/A/782 PI/1389 |
SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS SHALINI DEWAN AS DIRECTOR
OF UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION CENTRE IN ROME
Secretary-General Kofi Annan has appointed Shalini Dewan as the Director of the United Nations Information Centre in Rome. She took up her duties on
3 December.
| Press Release SG/A/781 |
MAJOR-GENERAL JIN HA HWANG APPOINTED FORCE COMMANDER
OF UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPING FORCE IN CYPRUS
Secretary-General Kofi Annan announced today the appointment of Major-General Jin Ha Hwang of the Republic of Korea as Force Commander of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) to succeed Major-General Victory Rana who relinquishes his post on 15 December 2001.
