Secretary-General: Press Release

IN MESSAGE TO PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURAL CEREMONY, SECRETARY-GENERAL CONGRATULATES

PEOPLE OF BURUNDI FOR SUCCESSFUL CONCLUSION OF TRANSITIONAL PROCESS

(Delayed for translation of text, originally delivered in French.)

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS ‘ACT OZONE FRIENDLY -- STAY SUN SAFE’

IS THEME FOR DAY TO PRESERVE OZONE LAYER

Following is the text of the message by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer, 16 September 2005:

Biographical Note

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS FILIPPO GRANDI OF ITALY AS DEPUTY COMMISSIONER-GENERAL

OF UN RELIEF AGENCY FOR PALESTINE REFUGEES

RAPID BIODIVERSITY LOSSES PUT LIVELIHOODS, HEALTH OF FUTURE GENERATIONS

IN JEOPARDY, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO GALWAY CONFERENCE

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES PROGRESS ON IRAQ CONSTITUTION

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS ON GUINEA-BISSAU PARTIES TO ACCEPT SUPREME COURT

RULING CONFIRMING PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION RESULT

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS BEIRUT TERRORIST BOMBING

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

On 19 August 2005, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan received the 2005 Award for Global Excellence at a ceremony in Accra, Ghana.

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONGRATULATES PEOPLE OF BURUNDI ON ELECTION

OF FIRST POST-TRANSITIONAL PRESIDENT

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

ON SECOND ANNIVERSARY OF ATTACK IN BAGHDAD , SECRETARY-GENERAL OFFERS RENEWED

CONDOLENCES TO FAMILIES, LOVED ONES OF THOSE KILLED IN SERVICE TO UN

Following is the text of the message by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the second anniversary of the attack on the United Nations in Baghdad, 19 August: