SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS LATVIA’S PRESIDENT AS ‘IN LARGER FREEDOM’ ENVOY

The Secretary-General is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Vaira Vike-Freiberga, President of Latvia, as his Envoy for the summit to take place in New York in September 2005.

MEDIA LEADERS FROM AROUND GLOBE EXPAND RESPONSE

 

TO UN’S CALL TO FIGHT AIDS EPIDEMIC

 

MTV Networks’ Bill Roedy to Chair

Global Media AIDS Initiative Leadership Committee

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

GREECE, FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA CONTINUE DISCUSSIONS

WITH SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE ON ‘NAME’ ISSUE

 

The following was received today from Matthew Nimetz, Special Representative of the Secretary-General in talks between Greece and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia:

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in Geneva early Wednesday, 6 April.  He held a series of private meetings in the afternoon.

CITING ‘MASSIVE SHORTFALLS IN FUNDING’, SECRETARY-GENERAL APPEALS

FOR $2.6 BILLION FOR SOUTH SUDAN

Following is the text of the statement by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Sudan Donors’ Conference in Oslo today:

Secretary-General urges Myanmar to clarify position on road map,

 

allow return of special envoy as soon as possible

 

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

UN ‘Group of Friends’ meets in Geneva to review Georgia-Abkhazia peace process

The following, on the high-level meeting of the Group of Friends of the Secretary-General in Geneva, 7-8 April, was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPLAUDS INAUGURATION OF BUS SERVICE

 

ACROSS LINE OF CONTROL IN JAMMU AND KASHMIR

 

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL OUTLINES MAJOR PROPOSALS TO REFORM UN HUMAN RIGHTS

 

MACHINERY, IN ADDRESS TO GENEVA HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION

Following is UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s address to the Commission on Human Rights in Geneva, 7 April:

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES IVORIAN PARTIES TO IMPLEMENT COMMITMENTS PROMPTLY,

IN GOOD FAITH, FOLLOWING SUCCESSFUL MEETING IN PRETORIA

 

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