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SG/A/873-BIO/3570

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS JAVIER RUPEREZ OF SPAIN AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF COUNTER-TERRORISM EXECUTIVE DIRECTORATE

18/05/2004
Press Release
SG/A/873
BIO/3570


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.

SG/SM/9313-DEV/2471

MILLENNIUM GOALS DIFFERENT FROM PAST PLEDGES, AS THEY ARE MEASURABLE, ACHIEVABLE, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN VIDEO MESSAGE TO ROME CONCERT

17/05/2004
Press Release
SG/SM/9313
DEV/2471


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,

SG/SM/9311-SC/8096-PKO/107

TO SUCCEED, UN PEACEKEEPERS NEED SUSTAINED POLITICAL ENGAGEMENT OF GOVERNMENTS, CLEAR MANDATES, NECESSARY RESOURCES, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS SECURITY COUNCIL

17/05/2004
Press Release
SG/SM/9311
SC/8096
PKO/107


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: