Secretary-General: Press Release

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in Geneva, Switzerland from Doha, Qatar, in the evening of Sunday, 26 February.

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in Doha, Qatar, in the early morning of Saturday, 25 February, to attend a ministerial meeting he had convened on the controversy regarding the publication of caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed.

WOMEN MUST TAKE RIGHTFUL PLACE IN WORLD’S DECISION-MAKING,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE ON INTERNATIONAL DAY

Following is UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on International Women’s Day, observed 8 March:

SECRETARY-GENERAL MEETS WITH PRESIDENT OF CYPRUS

The following statement was issued following the meeting in Paris today between UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan and the President of Cyprus, Tassos Papadopoulos:

POLITICAL COURAGE NEEDED IN FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT, SECRETARY-GENERAL

TELLS PARIS MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE

Following is the text of remarks by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan today, at the Ministerial Conference on Innovative Sources of Financing for Development in Paris:

SUMMIT COMMUNIQUE CONGRATULATES PRESIDENTS OF GABON , EQUATORIAL GUINEA

FOR PROGRESS TOWARDS PEACEFUL SETTLEMENT OF BORDER DISPUTE

POWERFUL MESSAGE NEEDED TO COUNTER EXTREMISM, OVERCOME MISPERCEPTIONS

BETWEEN ISLAM, WEST, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN DOHA REMARKS

JOINT STATEMENT ON RIGHTS TO FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION, PEACEFUL PROTEST

SECRETARY-GENERAL GRAVELY CONCERNED BY ESCALATION OF ISRAELI MILITARY

OPERATIONS, INCREASE IN PALESTINIAN ROCKET ATTACKS

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES ADOPTION OF TEXT CREATING NEW HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL,

SAYS DECISION TOO IMPORTANT TO ALLOW FURTHER DELAY

Following is UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s statement on the establishment of the Human Rights Council, issued today in New York: