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:

‘HISTORIC FUNDAMENTAL PROGRESS IS POSSIBLE’ AT SEPTEMBER UN SUMMIT, SAYS

SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO FORMER CIVIL SERVANTS MEETING

(Delayed in transmission.)

Following is UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on the occasion of the thirty-fifth anniversary and Annual Assembly of the Association of Former International Civil Servants (AFICS), in New York, 18 May:

IN VIDEO MESSAGE, SECRETARY-GENERAL OFFERS TRIBUTE

 

TO JAMES WOLFENSOHN, PRESIDENT, WORLD BANK

Following is the text of the video message by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan for the tribute to James Wolfensohn, President, World Bank:

Dear Jim,

SECRETARY-GENERAL ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT OF KIERAN PRENDERGAST,

 

UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS

 

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

On Sunday afternoon, 15 May, Secretary-General Kofi Annan, accompanied by his wife Nane, travelled to Philadelphia, where he would deliver the commencement address at the University of Pennsylvania the following morning.

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in Geneva from Moscow on Tuesday morning, 10 May.

NON-SELF-GOVERNING PEOPLES MUST KNOW THEIR OPTIONS, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

IN MESSAGE TO CARIBBEAN DECOLONIZATION SEMINAR