Secretary-General Appoints Nasra Hassan as Director

 

of UN Information Service in Vienna

 

Biographical Note

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS SISSEL EKAAS OF NORWAY DEPUTY SPECIAL

REPRESENTATIVE OF UN MISSION IN ETHIOPIA AND ERITREA

The Secretary-General today announced the appointment of Sissel Ekaas of Norway as Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea. 

Secretary-General accepts results of investigation into Oversight office;

 

report finds no violations, recommends no further action

 

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

GUATEMALAMISSION SUCCESSFUL EXAMPLE OF UN PEACE-BUILDING, WITH LESSONS FOR OTHER

OPERATIONS, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO CLOSING CEREMONY

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the closing ceremony of the United Nations Verification Mission in Guatemala (MINUGUA), delivered by Kieran Prendergast, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, in Guatemala City, 15 November:

Secretary-General, in International Day message, stresses NEED

to protect women, eliminate violence against them

 

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, observed on 25 November:

Secretary-General thanks Colin Powell for ‘close and productive’

 

relationship over past four years

 

The following statement was issued today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

Secretary-General calls for ‘Culture of Respect’ for rule of law,

at home and abroad, in message to New Delhi conference

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the Second International Conference of the Indian Society of International Law in New Delhi, 14-17 November:

I send my greeting to all who have gathered in New Delhi for the Second International Law Conference of the Indian Society of International Law.

Secretary-General, welcoming republika srpska apology for srebrenica tragedy,

says authorities have set example of confronting painful past

The following statement is attributable to the spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

NO SOCIETY CAN FLOURISH WITHOUT PROMOTING ‘ESSENTIAL VIRTUE’ OF TOLERANCE,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE ON INTERNATIONAL DAY

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on the International Day of Tolerance, observed 16 November:

SECRETARY-GENERAL’S REMARKS AT GENERAL ASSEMBLY TRIBUTE TO PRESIDENT ARAFAT

This is the text of remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan today at the General Assembly tribute to President Arafat: