SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY PRESENTS ‘UNITED FRONT’

IN DARFUR, AFTER GENEROUS OFFERS OF SUPPORT FOR AFRICAN UNION MISSION

 

Following is UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s concluding statement to the pledging conference co-chaired by the African Union and the United Nations in support of the African Union Mission in Sudan, in Addis Ababa, 26 May:

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES SUPPORT FOR EXPANSION OF AFRICAN UNION’S

 

MISSION IN DARFUR, AT ADDIS ABABA PLEDGING CONFERENCE

 

Following is UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s statement to the pledging conference co-chaired by the African Union and the United Nations in support of the African Union Mission in Sudan, in Addis Ababa, 26 May:

I am honoured to be here today to co-chair this highly important event.

‘MORE MISSIONS DEPLOYED THAN EVER BEFORE’, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

IN MESSAGE FOR INTERNATIONAL DAY OF UN PEACEKEEPERS

 

Following is the text of the message by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers, 29 May 2005:

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPLAUDS EUROPEAN UNION DECISION

 

TO SUBSTANTIALLY INCREASE DEVELOPMENT AID

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS JOËL W. ADECHI OF BENIN AS DEPUTY

SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR ERITREA AND ETHIOPIA

The Secretary-General has decided to appoint Mr. Joël W. Adechi of Benin as his Deputy Special Representative for Eritrea and Ethiopia.

Ambassador Adechi has been serving as the Permanent Representative of Benin to the United Nations since September 1999, and has been his country’s representative to the Security Council.

SECRETARY-GENERAL commends people of CENTRALAFRICANREPUBLIC

 

for participating actively in electoral process

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

Biographical Note

SECRETARY-GENERAL PROPOSES APPOINTMENT OF ANTÓNIO MANUEL DE OLIVEIRA GUTERRES,

FORMER PRIME MINISTER OF PORTUGAL, AS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES

Secretary-General Kofi Annan today proposed to the General Assembly the appointment of António Manuel de Oliveira Guterres of Portugal as United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees for a term of three years effective 15 June 2005.

WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY’S REVISED REGULATIONS ‘BOLD AND NECESSARY STEP’

TO PROTECT GLOBAL PUBLIC HEALTH SAYS, SECRETARY-GENERAL

 

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

IN AFRICA DAY MESSAGE, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS SEPTEMBER SUMMIT

 

TIME FOR ‘BOLD ACTION’ FOR CONTINENT’S SPECIAL NEEDS

 

Following is UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on Africa Day, observed 25 May:

The annual observance of Africa Day offers an opportunity to reflect on Africa’s prospects and its plight.

SECRETARY-GENERAL ASKS KIERAN PRENDERGAST TO MEET

 

WITH POLITICAL LEADERS IN CYPRUS AT END OF MAY

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