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SG/SM/10796-SC/8897
12 December 2006
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/10796
SC/8897
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS SECURITY COUNCIL MIDDLE EAST IN PROFOUND CRISIS,

 

CALLS FOR ‘NEW AND URGENT PUSH FOR PEACE’

 


Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s address to the Security Council on the Middle East in New York, 12 December:

SG/SM/10795-IHA/1247
12 December 2006
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/10795
IHA/1247
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Secretary-General accepts resignation of relief coordinator jan egeland


‘with deep regret and with profound gratitude’ for tireless efforts


The following statement by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan was issued today at Headquarters:

SG/SM/10793
11 December 2006
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/10793
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

TO FUNCTION MORE EFFECTIVELY, UNITED NATIONS NEEDS FAR-SIGHTED AMERICAN


LEADERSHIP, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS AT TRUMAN PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY


Following is the text of the address today by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the Truman Presidential Museum and Library in Independence, Missouri:

SG/SM/10788-HR/4909-OBV/601
8 December 2006
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/10788
HR/4909
OBV/601
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Secretary-General urges human rights activists to ‘fill leadership vacuum’,


hold world leaders to account, in address to international day event


Following is UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s address to mark International Human Rights Day in New York City, 8 December:

SG/SM/10787
8 December 2006
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/10787
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

SECRETARY-GENERAL SADDENED BY DEATH OF JEANE KIRKPATRICK; SAYS FORMER

 

UNITED STATES AMBASSADOR COMMITTED TO EFFECTIVE UNITED NATIONS

 


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