Biographical Note                                          

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS SØREN JESSEN-PETERSEN OF DENMARK

AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE IN KOSOVO

expert panel presents recommendations for strenghtening

relations between un, civil society

Entitled ‘We the Peoples: Civil Society, the United Nations and Global Governance’

United Nations urged to pay more heed to role of ‘non-state actors’

in approach to global problems

Report of ‘Eminent Persons’ Stresses Importance

Of ‘Civil Society Dialogues’, Promoted by New Under-Secretary-General

Secretary-General Kofi Annan, accompanied by his wife, Nane, arrived in São Paulo from New York on Saturday morning, 12 June, for a four-day visit to open the eleventh session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, address a Special Ministerial Meeting of the Group of 77 and hold a number of bilateral meetings, including one with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

prohibition of torture ‘absolute’, binding on all states, in all circumstances,

says Secretary-General in message on international day

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, observed 26 June:

terrorism strikes at very heart of all un stands for, says

Secretary-General in message to tashkent ceremony

SECRETARY-GENERAL deeply concerned by persistent instability in Democratic

Republic of Congo; calls on all parties to uphold transitional process

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL’S MESSAGEON receiving ‘COMPANION OF O.R. TAMBO’ AWARD

This is the text of the message from Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the awards ceremony in Pretoria, South Africa, today of the Order of the Companions of O.R. Tambo (delivered for him by Ibrahima Fall, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the Great Lakes Region):

voices of israeli, palestinian majorities ready to compromise for peace

must be heard, says SECRETARY-GENERAL in message to beijing seminar

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the International Media Seminar on Peace in the Middle East, delivered by Shashi Tharoor, Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information, in Beijing, 16 June:

SECRETARY-GENERAL, in world refugee day message, notes key role of asylum

countries, urges continued aid for ressettlement efforts

This is the text of the message from Secretary-General Kofi Annan to mark the observance on 20 June of World Refugee Day: