Shortly after his arrival in Havana on Thursday evening, 14 September, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan was received at the Palacio Nacional by Cuba’s President Fidel Castro Ruz.

SECRETARY-GENERAL HAILS EXCELLENT WORKING RELATIONS, FRIENDSHIP TIES

BETWEEN FRANCE, UNITED NATIONS IN TOAST AT ‘FRANCOPHONIE’ DINNER

(Translated from the original French.)

Secretary-General, in address to group of 77 ministers, suggests new features

to help Economic AND Social Council begin to fulfil its promise

Biographical Note

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS youssef mahmoud of tunisia

AS DEPUTY SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR burundi

The Secretary-General announced today the appointment of Youssef Mahmoud of Tunisia as his Deputy Special Representative for Burundi.

SECRETARY-GENERAL, OPENING MIDDLE EAST DEBATE, SAYS FAILURE TO RESOLVE CONFLICT

CALLS SECURITY COUNCIL’S LEGITIMACY, EFFECTIVENESS INTO QUESTION

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES EXTENSION OF AFRICAN UNION MISSION’S DARFUR MANDATE

 

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

IN PERIOD OF SHARPLY INCREASING INTOLERANCE, EXTREMISM, CONFERENCE ON INTERFAITH

COOPERATION CAN URGE GOVERNMENTS TO TAKE STRONGER STEPS, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

ON INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE, SECRETARY-GENERAL RINGS PEACE BELL,

URGES ALL TO PLEDGE TO DO MORE TO BRING ABOUT LASTING PEACE

Following are the remarks made today by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the Peace Bell Ceremony on the International Day of Peace:

NEED FOR SECURITY COUNCIL REFORM NEVER GREATER; UNTIL THEN, UN HANDICAPPED

BY PERCEPTION OF INEQUITABLE SHARE OF POWER, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS LIEUTENANT GENERAL GIOVANNI RIDINÓ OF ITALY AS DIRECTOR

OF NEW STRATEGIC MILITARY CELL FOR UNITED NATIONS INTERIM FORCE IN LEBANON