SECRETARY-GENERAL APPLAUDS SWATCH FOR MARKING INAUGURATION

 

OF UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL

 

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks for the presentation of the “Human Rights Swatch” in Geneva, today, 19 June:

‘THE EYES OF THE WORLD ARE UPON YOU’, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

IN ADDRESS TO FIRST MEETING OF HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL

 

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s address to the Human Rights Council in Geneva today:

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES APPRECIATION FOR GIFT TO UNITED NATIONS BY HOST COUNTRY

OF PAINTING DEPICTING PRESIDENT HARRY TRUMAN, SIGNING OF CHARTER

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE TO ASIAN CONFIDENCE-BUILDING SUMMIT, LAUDS

ITS POTENTIAL TO PROVIDE EFECTIVE RESPONSES TO CHALLENGES OF TODAY

MIDDLE EAST QUARTET ENDORSES MECHANISM FOR CHANNELLING AID TO PALESTINIANS

The following statement was issued on 17 June, on behalf of the Middle East Quartet (United Nations, United States, European Union, Russian Federation), on Palestinian funding mechanism:

SECRETARY-GENERAL ASKED FOR UN SUPPORT IN LAUNCH OF INTERNATIONAL COMPACT FOR IRAQ

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

Biographical Note

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS CARLOS LOPES EXECUTIVE OFFICE POLITICAL AFFAIRS DIRECTOR

Biographical Note

Secretary-General appoints Alicia Bárcena Ibarra of Mexico Chef de Cabinet

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has decided to appoint Alicia Bárcena Ibarra of Mexico as his Chef de Cabinet at the Under-Secretary-General level with effect from 1 June 2006.

TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI ANNAN

AT UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS, 15 JUNE 2006

The Secretary-General:  Good Morning, Ladies and Gentlemen.

remember responsibility to help keep hope alive, urges Secretary-General

 

in message to mark world refugee day

Following is the text of United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on World Refugee Day, to be observed on 20 June: