SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES FRANCE’S LEVY ON AIRLINE TICKETS TO BENEFIT

HEALTH SECTOR OF DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

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

ONE YEAR AFTER TSUNAMI, SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES WORLD COMMUNITY TO KEEP

W0RKING TOGETHER ON RECOVERY ‘FOR AS LONG AS IT TAKES’

The following is the text of UN Secretary-GeneralKofi Annan’s video message on the first Anniversary of the Tsunami, issued 26 December:

SECERETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES ADOPTION OF 2006-2007 BUDGET

The following statement by UN Secretary-GeneralKofi Annan was issued by the Spokesman on 23 December:

I welcome the General Assembly’s adoption of the 2006/2007 biennial budget for the United Nations.

Biographical Note

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS TOM KOENIGS of Germany

 

AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR AFGHANISTAN

 

Biographical Note

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS MAREK BELKA OF POLAND AS EXECUTIVE SECRETARY

OF ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR EUROPE

Secretary-General congratulates Democratic Republic of Congo

 

for successful constitutional referendum

 

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

TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY UN SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI ANNAN

AT UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS, 21 DECEMBER 2005

The Secretary-General:  Good morning, ladies and gentlemen.  Let me start by wishing each and every one of you happy holidays, and a peaceful and prosperous New Year.

symbolic unity of ‘spirit of the east’ exhibit heartens Secretary-General

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks at the launch of the exhibition “The Spirit of the East:  Beauty of the Landscape” in New York on 19 December:

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRONGLY CONDEMNS MURDEROUS ATTACK IN DARFUR

 

The following statement is attributable to the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General, Kofi Annan:

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS ENDORSEMENT OF PEACEBUILDING COMMISSION

A TURNING POINT IN REMARKS FOLLOWING HISTORIC EVENT

 

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks on the General Assembly’s endorsement of the Peacebuilding Commission in New York today, 20 December: