THANKS TO UNICEF, WORLD UNDERSTANDS BUILDING BETTER FUTURE STARTS WITH CHILDREN,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL AT SIXTIETH ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATION

Secretary-General deeply concerned by deteriorating security situation in Darfur,

 

consequences for wider region, including chad, Central African Republic

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

Secretary-General says emergency fund innovative, flexible, saves lives;

appeals for generous response from donors at high-level conference

Following are the UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks at the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) High-level Conference in New York, 7 December:

Secretary-General urges strengthened cooperation to ensure major events

protected from attack, in message to New york conference

 

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES GENERAL ASSEMBLY’S ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION

 

LAUNCHING PROCESS TOWARDS TREATY ON GLOBAL CONVENTIONAL ARMS TRADE

 

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES RECONCILIATION IN MESSAGE TO MARK PRESIDENTIAL

INAUGURATION IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

 

Biographical Note

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS JOEL BOUTROUE OF FRANCE AS DEPUTY SPECIAL

REPRESENTATIVE FOR UNITED NATIONS STABILIZATION MISSION IN HAITI

 

Biographical Note

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS ATUL KHARE OF INDIA

 

AS NEW SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR TIMOR-LESTE

 

DECLARATION RINGS HOLLOW IN FACE OF DEPRIVATION, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

 

IN MESSAGE TO OBSERVE INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS DAY

 

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on International Human Rights Day, to be observed on 10 December:

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE TO MINISTERIAL COUNCIL, URGES ORGANIZATION

FOR SECURITY, COOPERATION IN EUROPE TO EXPAND PRESENCE IN KOSOVO