PROHIBITION OF TORTURE IS ABSOLUTE, NON-NEGOTIABLE, SECRETARY-GENERAL

 

SAYS IN MESSAGE FOR INTERNATIONAL DAY

 

Following is the message by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the International Day in Support for Victims of Torture, 26 June:

SECRETARY-GENERAL PLEASED AT JOINT COMMITMENT BY SRI LANKA GOVERNMENT,

LIBERATION TIGERS OF TAMIL ELAM TO REBUILDING TSUNAMI-AFFECTED AREAS

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEEPLY SADDENED AT DEATH OF SISSEL EKAAS,

FORMER DEPUTY SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE

 

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

SINCE UN’S CREATION, ROTARY HAS BEEN ‘WONDERFUL PARTNER’, SECRETARY-GENERAL

SAYS IN VIDEO MESSAGE TO ORGANIZATION’S CENTENNIAL CONVENTION

Following is the text of the video message by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan for the Rotary International Centennial Convention in Chicago, 18-22 June:

For the past 100 years, Rotary has been at the forefront of efforts to improve the lives of people around the world.

SECRETARY-GENERAL SERIOUSLY CONCERNED ABOUT FATE

 

OF UZBEK ASYLUM-SEEKERS IN KYRGYZSTAN

 

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

PROCUREMENT OFFICER UNDER INVESTIGATION RESIGNS FROM UNITED NATIONS

 

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES GENERAL ASSEMBLY’S HEARINGS

 

WITH CIVIL SOCIETY, NGOS, PRIVATE SECTOR

 

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES GOVERNMENT TO EXPEDITE ELECTORAL PROCESS

IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

 

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

‘WE ARE DETERMINED’ NOT TO LET IRAQI PEOPLE DOWN, SAYS

 

SECRETARY-GENERAL TO BRUSSELS PRESS CONFERENCE

Following are UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s opening remarks at a press conference at the International Conference on Iraq in Brussels, 22 June:

Today, I believe that Iraq and the international community have turned a page together.

BRUSSELS’ CONFERENCE ‘TURNING POINT’ IN IRAQ’S TRANSITION,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN CLOSING REMARKS

 

Following is UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s closing statement to the International Conference on Iraq in Brussels, 22 June:

This conference marks a watershed for Iraq.  A sovereign elected Government of Iraq has presented a comprehensive view of its future to the international community at large.