Secretary-General appeals for Israelis, Palestinians ‘to pull back from the brink’;

reminds both of responsibility to spare civilian populations

Following is the statement of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the situation in the Middle East, issued today in Berlin:

Secretary-General says choice of South Africa for 2010 World Cup exciting day

for Africans and for ‘all speakers of the universal language of football’

Following are UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks at the unveiling of the 2010 FIFA World Cup emblem in Berlin, 7 July:

On Wednesday, 5 July, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan travelled from Monrovia in Liberia to Yamassoukro, Côte d’Ivoire.

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in Monrovia, Liberia, from Sierra Leone, on Monday evening, 3 July.

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in Sierra Leone from the Gambia on Sunday, 2 July.

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in Banjul, the Gambia, on Friday afternoon, 30 June, to attend the annual African Union Summit.

PROVIDING FOR YOUNG PEOPLE MORAL OBLIGATION, COMPELLING ECONOMIC NECESSITY,

 

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN WORLD POPULATION DAY MESSAGE

 

Following is UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on World Population Day, observed on 11 July:

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS FIRING OF ROCKETS FROM GAZA INTO ISRAEL; CALLS AGAIN

ON ISRAEL TO REFRAIN FROM ACTIONS AMOUNTING TO COLLECTIVE PUNISHMENT

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

Secretary-General urges strengthened financing for global fund against Aids,

tuberculosis and malaria in message to Durban replenishment meeting

 

Following is UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s video message to the Global Fund Replenishment Meeting in Durban, 4 July:

IN ADDRESS TO JOINT SESSION OF LIBERIAN LEGISLATURE, SECRETARY-GENERAL PLEDGES

UN COOPERATION IN MEETING CHALLENGES OF DEVELOPMENT, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS

Following is the text of the address by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the joint session of the Legislature of Liberia, in Monrovia on 4 July: