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SG/A/913
04/04/2005
Press Release
SG/A/913

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS ENVOYS FOR SEPTEMBER SUMMIT

 


The Secretary-General is pleased to announce the appointment of their Excellencies Dermot Ahern, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ireland; Ali Alatas, former Foreign Minister of Indonesia; Joaquin Chissano, former President of Mozambique; and Ernesto Zedillo, former President of Mexico, as his Envoys for the Summit to take place in New York in September 2005.

SG/SM/9798-L/3086
1/4/2005
Press Release
SG/SM/9798
L/3086

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS NUCLEAR TERRORISM CONVENTION ADDS BUILDING BLOCK


TO GLOBAL ANTI-TERRORISM STRATEGY, IN REMARKS TO AD HOC COMMITTEE


Following are UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks to the Ad Hoc Committee established by General Assembly Resolution 51/210 on the adoption of a draft International Convention on Nuclear Terrorism, in New York, 1 April:

SG/SM/9792-AIDS/95
31/03/2005
Press Release
SG/SM/9792
AIDS/95

LEADERSHIP COMMITMENT NEEDED TO HALT RAPIDLY GROWING HIV/AIDS EPIDEMIC IN EASTERN


EUROPE, CENTRAL ASIA, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO MOSCOW MEETING


Following is UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the ministerial meeting on an “Urgent Response to the HIV/AIDS Epidemics in the Commonwealth of Independent States”, being held in Moscow, 31 March-1 April:

SG/A/912-BIO/3648
31/3/2005
Press Release
SG/A/912
BIO/3648

Biographical Note


SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS GEIR O. PEDERSEN OF NORWAY

 

AS PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR SOUTHERN LEBANON


The Secretary-General has appointed Geir O. Pedersen of Norway as his Personal Representative for Southern Lebanon.  He is replacing Staffan de Mistura, who has been appointed Deputy Special Representative for Iraq.