KIRAN BEDI OF INDIA APPOINTED CIVILIAN POLICE ADVISER

IN DEPARTMENT OF PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS

      The Secretary-General is pleased to announce the appointment of Kiran Bedi of India as the new Civilian Police Adviser in the Department of Peacekeeping Operations.

MAJOR-GENERAL FRANCISZEK GĄGOR OF POLAND APPOINTED FORCE COMMANDER

IN UNITED NATIONS IRAQ-KUWAIT OBSERVATION MISSION

Secretary-General Kofi Annan announced today the appointment of Major-General Franciszek Gągor of Poland as Force Commander of the United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission (UNIKOM) with effect from 17 January 2003.

SECRETARY-GENERAL’S PERSONAL ENVOY FOR WESTERN SAHARA

TO VISIT REGION, 14 - 17 JANUARY

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

James A. Baker III, the Secretary-General’s Personal Envoy for Western Sahara, is scheduled to visit the region from 14 to 17 January 2003.

SECRETARY-GENERAL, SADDENED BY DEATH OF ‘GREAT STATESMAN’ LORD JENKINS,

PRAISES VISION, INTEGRITY, COMMITMENT TO EUROPEAN CAUSE

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRONGLY CONDEMNS TEL AVIV SUICIDE BOMBING,

SAYS VIOLENCE CANNOT SOLVE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONGRATULATES NEW KENYAN PRESIDENT,

COMMENDS WELL ORGANIZED, CREDIBLE ELECTORAL PROCESS

The following statement, issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan, was also issued earlier in Nairobi:

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA

TO FULLY COOPERATE WITH ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY

The following statement was issued Friday, 27 December, by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General expresses his concern over the increasing tensions in the Korean Peninsula. 

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXTENDS CONDOLENCES TO RUSSIAN FEDERATION

FOLLOWING EXPLOSION IN GROZNY

The following statement was issued Friday, 27 December, by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

SECRETARY-GENERAL DISTURBED THAT FIGHTING CONTINUES IN DEMOCRATIC

REPUBLIC OF CONGO DESPITE 16 DECEMBER CEASEFIRE ACCORD

Those Violating Humanitarian Law

Will Be Held Accountable for Their Actions, He Warns

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

Secretary-General Kofi Annan left New York early on Friday morning, 20 December, for Washington, D.C., where he was to participate in a meeting at the State Department of the Middle East diplomatic “Quartet”.