Secretary-General: Press Release

IN MESSAGE TO VOLUNTEER CONFERENCE, SECRETARY-GENERAL PRAISES

CONTRIBUTION OF SHARON CAPELING-ALAKIJA

Following is the text of the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the eighteenth Volunteer Conference of the International Association for Volunteer Effort (IAVE), delivered today in Barcelona by Gillian Sorensen, Senior Adviser, United Nations Foundation:

REMARKS BY SECRETARY-GENERAL INTRODUCING BRAZILIAN

CULTURE MINISTER GILBERTO GIL AT CONCERT

Following are the remarks delivered in Geneva today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan when he introduced Brazilian Culture Minister Gilberto Gil at the concert marking the first anniversary of the attack on United Nations headquarters in Baghdad:

un family stands by families, loved ones of baghdad victims, Secretary-General

says in message on first anniversary of attack

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the first anniversary of the attack on United Nations Headquarters in Baghdad, on 19 august 2004:

‘We will long feel the pain, but our sense of mission is intact’, Secretary-General

says on anniversary of attack on un Baghdad headquarters

Following is the text of remarks, as delivered today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the ceremony in Geneva marking the first anniversary of the attack on the United Nations headquarters in Baghdad:

Haiti can count on UN for help in regaining peace, stability, prosperity,

Secretary-General says in message for Brazil-Haiti football match

Following is the text of the video message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan, translated from French, on the occasion of the Brazil-Haiti football match in Port-au-Prince on 18 August:

Nations Unies ap di nou onè respè!  [Greetings to everyone from the United Nations!]

on myanmar, Secretary-General calls for immediate release of daw aung san suu kyi,

engagement in ‘substantive dialogue’ with nld, other political parties

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

Secretary-General welcomes peaceful, orderly conduct

of recall referendum in Venezuela

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

Biographical Note

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS SHALINI DEWAN AS DIRECTOR

OF UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION CENTRE IN NEW DELHI

Secretary-General Kofi Annan has appointed Shalini Dewan as the Director of the United Nations Information Centre in New Delhi.  Ms. Dewan, who took up her duties on 16 August, succeeds Feodor Starcevic, who has retired from the service of the Organization.

Biographical Note

VOLKER PETZOLDT APPOINTed DIRECTOR OF UN INFORMATION CENTRE IN MEXICO CITY

Secretary-General Kofi Annan has appointed Volker Petzoldt as Director of the United Nations Information Centre in Mexico City.  Mr. Petzoldt, who will assume his duties on 23 August 2004, succeeds Angel Escudero, who has retired from the service of the Organization.

Biographical Note

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS SUNIL NARULA DIRECTOR

OF UN INFORMATION CENTRE IN TEHRAN

Secretary-General Kofi Annan has appointed Sunil Narula Director of the United Nations Information Centre in Tehran, Iran.  He took up his duties on 8 August 2004.