Secretary-General: Press Release

ON EVE OF NATIONAL ELECTIONS, SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES ALL IRAQIS TO VOTE

AS ‘FIRST STEP’ TOWARDS BUILDING STABLE, UNITED, PROSPEROUS COUNTRY

Following is UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s statement to the Iraqi people on the eve of national elections, issued today at Headquarters:

CONFRONT STIGMA, DENIAL THAT FUEL HIV SPREAD, SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES

HEALTH MINISTERS AT HIGH-LEVEL SESSION OF GLOBAL FUND

CONCERNED BY TENSION, SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES RESPECT FOR LIBERIA POLL RESULT

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL ANNOUNCES COMPLETE COMPOSITION OF HIGH-LEVEL GROUP

FOR ALLIANCE OF CIVILIZATIONS, NAMING TWO MORE MEMBERS

UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan is pleased to announce the complete composition of the High-Level Group for the Alliance of Civilizations with the two following additional members:

IN MIGRANTS DAY MESSAGE, SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR SAFEGUARDING HUMAN RIGHTS

OF ALL WHO CROSS BORDERS ‘IN SEARCH FOR A BETTER LIFE’

Following is UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on International Migrants Day, observed on 18 December:

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE TO CONFERENCE ON QUESTION OF PALESTINE ,

CALLS FOR REDOUBLING OF EFFORTS TO MEET ROAD MAP OBLIGATIONS

DEVELOPMENT IS STANDARD AGAINST WHICH WORLD TRADE TALKS WILL BE HELD,

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN STATEMENT TO WORLD TRADE CONFERENCE

Lack of Major Gains in Hong Kong Would Be

Severe Disappointment to Poor People Worldwide, He Emphasizes

SECRETARY-GENERAL COMMENDS CALL BY ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH-EAST ASIAN NATIONS

FOR EXPEDITED POLITICAL REFORM, RELEASE OF POLITICAL DETAINEES IN MYANMAR

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS ASSASSINATION OF GEBRAN TUENI,

ADVOCATE OF SOVEREIGN LEBANON , FREE PRESS

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

Biographical Note

MAJOR-GENERAL REPINC APPOINTED CHIEF MILITARY OBSERVER

IN UN MILITARY OBSERVER GROUP IN INDIA AND PAKISTAN