SECRETARY-GENERAL HAILS ADOPTION OF LANDMARK CONVENTION

 

ON RIGHTS OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES

 

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan travelled to Independence, Missouri, early on Monday, 11 December, to deliver his last speech as Secretary-General to an American audience, at the Truman Presidential Museum and Library.

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:

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:

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRONGLY URGES HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL TO SEND EXPERTS

TO INVESTIGATE LATEST ESCALATION OF ABUSES IN DARFUR

 

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:

Secretary-General welcomes announced resumption

 

of six-party talks on Korean peninsula

 

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL ENCOURAGED BY ORDERLY CONDUCT

OF ELECTION IN INDONESIA’S ACEH PROVINCE

 

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

IN MESSAGE TO DONORS, HOSTS MEETING, SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS United Nations

PALESTINIAN RELIEF AGENCY ‘A FORCE FOR STABILITY’ DESERVING FULL FUNDING

IN MESSAGE TO INTERNAL AUDIT REPRESENTATIVES, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS ‘rEASONABLE

HEADWAY’ HAS BEEN MADE ON United Nations MANAGEMENT REFORM