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SG/A/931-BIO/3670
19/7/2005
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SG/A/931
BIO/3670

Biographical Note


SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS LOUIS FREDERICK REUTER, IV, (FRITZ) OF UNITED STATES


ASSISTANT SECRETARY-GENERAL - EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF CAPITAL MASTER PLAN


United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today announced the appointment of Louis Frederick Reuter, IV, (Fritz) as Assistant Secretary-General - Executive Director of the Capital Master Plan.

SG/SM/10008-IK/504
18/07/2005
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SG/SM/10008
IK/504

SECRETARY-GENERAL EMPHATICALLY CONDEMNS HEINOUS SUICIDE BOMBINGS IN IRAQ


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


The Secretary-General continues to be dismayed by the unrelenting wave of suicide bombings in Iraq that have killed large numbers of civilians, including at least 80 people in Musayyib on Saturday.

SG/SM/10006
18/07/2005
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SG/SM/10006

AT 2005 SUMMIT, WORLD MUST COMMIT DECISIVELY TO PATH OF COOPERATION, SOLIDARITY,

 

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE TO TEHRAN CONFERENCE

 


Following is UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the International Conference on United Nations Reform, delivered by Edward Mortimer, Director of Communications in the Office of the Secretary-General, in Tehran, 17-18 July:

SG/SM/10005
18/07/2005
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SG/SM/10005

SECRETARY-GENERAL ALARMED BY RENEWED VIOLENCE BETWEEN ISRAEL, PALESTINIANS,


URGES ALL TO REMAIN FOCUSED ON GOAL OF TWO-STATE SETTLEMENT


The following statement was issued on Saturday, 16 July, by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan:


The Secretary-General views with alarm the renewed violence between Israel and the Palestinians in the past fortnight.

SG/SM/10003-ICJ/618
13/07/2005
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SG/SM/10003
ICJ/618

SECRETARY-GENERAL COMMENDS BENIN, NIGER FOR PEACEFUL


SETTLEMENT OF BORDER DISPUTE THROUGH ICJ

 


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


The Secretary-General has taken note of the judgment of the International Court of Justice delivered on 12 July 2005 concerning the border dispute between the Republic of Benin and the Republic of Niger.