Secretary-General: Press Release

PAST YEAR’S NATURAL DISASTERS HAVE HIGHLIGHTED INVALUABLE CONTRIBUTIONS

OF VOLUNTEERS, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN MESSAGE FOR INTERNATIONAL DAY

Following is the text of the message by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development, 5 December:

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES CEASEFIRE EXTENSION BY NEPAL COMMUNIST PARTY

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL DISAPPOINTED NO AGREEMENT REACHED IN LEGAL COMMITTEE

ON COMPREHENSIVE TERRORISM CONVENTION

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL REQUESTS GENEROUS SUPPORT FOR 2006 APPEAL AIMED AT THOSE

MOST DESPERATE, SAYING ‘THEY NEED OUR ASSISTANCE AND THEY NEED IT NOW’

Following are UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks at the launch of Humanitarian Appeal 2006 at Headquarters, 30 November:

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES ECUADOR’S NEW COURT OF JUSTICE AS CONTRIBUTION

TO STRENGTHENING RULE OF LAW, PROTECTING HUMAN RIGHTS

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES ALLIANCES IN MESSAGE TO GLOBAL COMPACT SUMMIT

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s video message for the Global Compact Summit in Shanghai, China, today, 30 November:

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES START OF NEW DARFUR PEACE TALKS

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

OPENING OF RAFAH CROSSING A NEW OPPORTUNITY , SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN REMARKS

MARKING INTERNATIONAL DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH PALESTINIAN PEOPLE

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE TO MARK DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH PALESTINIANS,

REITERATES CALL FOR RENEWED ACTION ON ROAD MAP OBLIGATIONS

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES DESTRUCTION OF MINE STOCKPILES, IN MESSAGE

TO SIXTH MEETING OF STATES PARTIES TO ANTI-LANDMINE CONVENTION

Holding Talks in Croatia Underscores

Magnitude of Long-lasting Humanitarian Impact of Mines, He Says