MIDDLE EAST QUARTET, TAKING STOCK OF RECENT DEVELOPMENTS, STRESSES

URGENT NEED FOR PROGRESS TOWARDS JUST, COMPREHENSIVE PEACE

 

The following statement was issued today by the Middle East Quartet (United Nations, European Union, Russian Federation, United States):

STATES MUST MAKE IMMEDIATE START IN TRANSLATING COMMITMENTS INTO REALITY,

 

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS AT LAUNCH OF COUNTER-TERRORISM STRATEGY

 

SECRETARY-GENERAL, AT OFFICIAL LAUNCH OF UNITAID, LAUDS INTERNATIONAL

DRUG PURCHASE FACILITY AS SHINING EXAMPLE OF INNOVATIVE FUNDING

Secretary-General thanks host country in final luncheon toast to honour heads

of state, government, delegation chiefs attending general assembly debate

STRUGGLE TO CONFRONT THREE GLOBAL CHALLENGES - DEVELOPMENT, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS

PRESENTS NEW TASKS, GIVES OLD ONES NEW FORM, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

‘Together, International Community Has Pushed Some Big Rocks

ACCEDING TO MINE BAN CONVENTION WOULD ADD NEW IMPETUS TO ITS IMPLEMENTATION,

 

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES NON-SIGNATORIES IN MESSAGE TO STATES PARTIES

 

NEW HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL MUST BE GUIDED BY OBJECTIVITY, ELIMINATE POLITICIZATION,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO GENEVA SESSION

 

Following is UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the second session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva, 18 September:

Iraqi state in danger of breaking down amid civil war if alienation,

 

violence persist, Secretary-General warns at high-level meeting

Decrying ‘Heartbreaking’ Sectarian Strife, He Calls for Brave

Secretary-General welcomes court validation of congolese elections

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

Secretary-General hails creativity, inclusiveness of Poland as he presents

President with franklin delano roosevelt international disability award