SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES FULL RESPECT FOR BLUE LINE BETWEEN LEBANON, ISRAEL

FOLLOWING EXCHANGE OF FIRE, ‘WORRIESOME ESCALATION’

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

Role of biodiversity central in underpinning sustainable development, protecting

 

society, says Secretary-General in message for international day

Following is the text of the message by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan for the International Day for Biological Diversity, 22 May 2005:

The Secretary-General today sent a letter to the President of the Security Council informing the Council of his intention to appoint Detlev Mehlis of Germany as the Commissioner of the UN International Independent Investigation Commission into the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.

Mr. Mehlis is currently the Senior Public Prosecutor in the Office of the Attorney General in Berlin.  He has 25 years of prosecutorial experience and has led numerous investigations into serious, complex transnational crimes.

SECRETARY-GENERAL, GRAVELY CONCERNED OVER ROCKET ATTACK FROM LEBANON

INTO ISRAEL, REITERATES CALL FOR END TO ALL SUCH ATTACKS

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

The Secretary-General was gravely concerned over the firing of a Katyusha rocket from Lebanon into the village of Shlomi in northern Israel last night.  The rocket caused damage to property but, fortunately, no casualties.

SECRETARY-GENERAL WARMLY WELCOMES CANADIAN ANNOUNCEMENT

 

OF SUBSTANTIAL MILITARY SUPPORT FOR DARFUR

 

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

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in Moscow in the afternoon of Sunday, 8 May, to participate in a commemoration hosted by the Russian Federation of the sixtieth anniversary of the end of the “Great Patriotic War”.

FRAMEWORK BEYOND KYOTO NEEDED THAT EMBRACES ALL COUNTRIES, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

IN VIDEO MESSAGE TO INVESTORS SUMMIT ON CLIMATE RISK

Following is the text of the video message by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the second Investors Summit on Climate Risk today:

Dear friends,

It is an honour to welcome you back to the United Nations for this important and truly international event.

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS ON ISRAEL TO END OVERFLIGHTS OF LEBANON

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

NO TOOL FOR DEVELOPMENT MORE EFFECTIVE THAN EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN, SAYS

SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO NON-ALIGNED MINISTERIAL MEETING

Following is UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the Non-Aligned Movement Ministerial Meeting on the Advancement of Women in Putrajaya, 9-10 May:

CLEAN WATER, FERTILE SOILS, PURE AIR NECESSITY FOR BUILDING WORLD OF PEACE,

FREEDOM, DIGNITY FOR ALL, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL TO TEHRAN CONFERENCE

 

Following is UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the International Conference on Environment, Peace and the Dialogue among Civilizations and Cultures, delivered by Klaus Toepfer, Executive Director, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), in Tehran, 9 May: