SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN NEW DELHI LECTURE, SAYS UN REFORM AIMS TO ENHANCE FREEDOM

THROUGH PURSUIT OF DEVELOPMENT, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS GOALS

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s public lecture at the India International Centre, entitled “In Larger Freedom -- the changing role of the United Nations”, in New Delhi, 28 April:

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES ESTABLISHMENT OF IRAQ’S TRANSITIONAL GOVERNMENT

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES CÔTE D’IVOIRE PRESIDENT’S ANNOUNCEMENT

ON ELIGIBILITY OF PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL GRAVELY CONCERNED BY VIOLENCE FOLLOWING TOGO ELECTIONS,

REITERATES URGENT APPEAL FOR CALM

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

LATIN AMERICA’S TREATY PROHIBITING NUCLEAR WEAPONS ‘INSPIRING LANDMARK’

 

FOR DISARMAMENT, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO MEXICO MEETING

Following is UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the Conference of States Parties and Signatories of Treaties that Establish Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones, in Tlatelolco, Mexico, 26-28 April:

ON CHERNOBYL DISASTER ANNIVERSARY, SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES DRAMATIC

 

EXPANSION OF DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE TO COUNTRIES MOST AFFECTED

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL NOMINATES KEMAL DERVIŞ OF TURKEY AS NEW ADMINISTRATOR

OF UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

Secretary-General Kofi Annan today sent a letter to the President of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Executive Board conveying his intention to request the General Assembly to confirm Kemal Derviş of Turkey as the new Administrator of the UNDP for a term of four years.

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan, who had left New York on Tuesday evening, 19 April, accompanied by his wife Nane, arrived in Jakarta, Indonesia, on the morning of Thursday, April 21, following stopovers in Frankfurt, Germany, and Singapore.

TIMOR-LESTE AT ‘CRITICAL JUNCTURE’, NEEDS STEADFAST INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO DILI MEETING

Following is UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the Timor-Leste and development partners meeting -– “Redefining Partnerships to Ensure a Better Future” –- in Dili, 25 to 26 April:

SECRETARY-GENERAL DISPATCHES TEAM TO VERIFY SYRIAN WITHDRAWAL FROM LEBANON

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