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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.

SG/SM/9791
30/03/2005
Press Release
SG/SM/9791

On centennial of dissolution of Norway, Swedenunion, Secretary-General says

 

peaceful settlement inspiring example for world still riven by conflict


Following is UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on the centennial of the peaceful dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden, which appeared today in the Swedish daily newspaper Dagens Nyheter: