secretary-general deeply concerned by disturbing turn of events in côte d’ivoire

Following is the text of a statement attributable to the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

Secretary-General ‘STRONGLY CONDEMNS’ KILLING OF PALESTINIAN

DEMONSTRATORS IN SOUTHERN GAZA

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

DESPITE UN’S ACHIEVEMENTS, JOB OF DECOLONIZATION REMAINS INCOMPLETE

SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS PACIFIC REGIONAL SEMINAR IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA

SECRETARY-GENERAL’S PERSONAL ENVOY TO VISIT DEMOCRATIC

PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA, 18 - 22 MAY

Following is the text of a statement attributable to the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Sixth Summit of leaders and heads of State of the Community of Sahelo-Saharan States (CENSAD), held in Bamako, Mali, from 15 to 16 May, which was read by Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for West Africa:

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS JAVIER RUPEREZ OF SPAIN AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

OF COUNTER-TERRORISM EXECUTIVE DIRECTORATE

Following consultations with the Security Council, the Secretary-General announced the appointment of Javier Rupérez as Executive Director of the Counter-Terrorism Executive Directorate at the Assistant Secretary-General level.  The Security Council, by its resolution 1535, established the post.

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SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS NICOLAS MICHEL OF SWITZERLAND AS NEW

UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR LEGAL AFFAIRS AND UN LEGAL COUNSEL

MILLENNIUM GOALS DIFFERENT FROM PAST PLEDGES, AS THEY ARE MEASURABLE,

ACHIEVABLE, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN VIDEO MESSAGE TO ROME CONCERT

Following is the text of the video message bySecretary-General Kofi Annan to the “We are the Future” concert, organized by Quincy Jones’ Listen Up Foundation and the Glocal Forum, in partnership with the World Bank in Rome on

16 May:

Dear Friends,

TO SUCCEED, UN PEACEKEEPERS NEED SUSTAINED POLITICAL ENGAGEMENT OF GOVERNMENTS,

CLEAR MANDATES, NECESSARY RESOURCES, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS SECURITY COUNCIL

Following is the text of remarks as delivered by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on UN peacekeeping operations to the Security Council today:

SECRETARY-GENERAL ‘STRONGLY CONDEMNS’ ASSASSINATION

OF PRESIDENT OF IRAQI GOVERNING COUNCIL

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