SECRETARY-GENERAL, PAYING TRIBUTE TO COURAGE OF IRAQIS, WELCOMES

‘HEALTHY’ VOTER TURNOUT IN HISTORIC 15 DECEMBER ELECTION

Following is a statement by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Iraqi elections for the Council of Representatives:

Developing countries should involve skills of ‘global diasporas’ in development

 

process, says Secretary-General in message on day for south-south cooperation

 

TRANSCRIPT OF JOINT PRESS CONFERENCE BY SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI ANNAN AND FORMER

U.S. PRESIDENT GEORGE H.W. BUSH AT UN HEADQUARTERS, 15 DECEMBER 2005

The Secretary-General:  Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen.  Thank you for coming this afternoon.

SECRETARY-GENERAL DESCRIBES APPROVAL OF CENTRAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE FUND

AS CRITICAL PART OF BROAD HUMANITARIAN REFORM

He Says Process of Providing Aid to Disaster Victims

Has for Too Long Remained Unacceptably Reactive, Unequal

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