SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS VIOLENT ATTACKS IN AFGHANISTAN RESULTING IN

DEATH OF POLITICAL DIRECTOR OF RECONSTRUCTION TEAM

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONGRATULATES LIBERIA ’S NEW PRESIDENT ON INAUGURATION,

SAYS AFRICA ’S FIRST WOMAN HEAD OF STATE HAS ‘HISTORIC MANDATE’

Following is UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s statement on the inauguration of the President of Liberia, issued 16 January:

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEEPLY SADDENED BY DEATH OF AMIR OF KUWAIT ,

PRAISES WISE LEADERSHIP, MODESTY, GENEROSITY

The following statement was issued on 15 January by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

Biographical Note

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS ALICE HECHT AS CHIEF OF PROTOCOL

The Secretary-General today announced the appointment of Alice Hecht as Chief of Protocol, effective 14 January 2006.

IN REMARKS TO GROUP OF 77 HANDOVER CEREMONY, SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR REDOUBLING

OF EFFORTS FOR EARLY AGREEMENT ON NEW HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL

Following is the text of remarks, as delivered by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the “Group of 77” developing countries handover ceremony today:

ON ANNIVERSARY OF GENOCIDE CONVENTION, SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES IMPORTANCE

OF STRENGTHENING INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY’S CAPACITY FOR PREVENTIVE ACTION

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS INDEPENDENT EXPERTS TO REDESIGN

 

SYSTEM OF ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE

 

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS SERGE BRAMMERTZ OF BELGIUM

TO HEAD HARIRI INVESTIGATION

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES ‘WARM APPRECIATION’ FOR SERVICE

OF MYANMAR SPECIAL ENVOY, UPON HIS RESIGNATION

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL SHOCKED, SADDENED BY DEATH OF UN FORCE COMMANDER IN HAITI

The following statement was issued on 7 January by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan: