SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES EUROPEAN UNION RATIFICATION OF KYOTO PROTOCOL

Following are the remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the luncheon hosted by Ambassador Inocencio Arias of Spain, on the occasion of the ratification by the European Union and the European Commission of the Kyoto Protocol:

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS RAMIRO ARMANDO DE OLIVEIRA LOPES DA SILVA

OF PORTUGAL AS NEW HUMANITARIAN COORDINATOR IN IRAQ

Secretary-General Kofi Annan has decided to appoint Ramiro Armando de OliveiraLopes da Silva of Portugal as the new United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq.  Mr. Lopes da Silva will succeed Tun Myat, who was recently appointed United Nations Security Coordinator. 

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UN, WELCOMING COLOMBIA’S ELECTIONS, WILL EXAMINE ‘WITH CARE AND INTEREST’

PRESIDENT-ELECT’S PROPOSALS FOR UN ROLE IN NEW PEACE EFFORTS

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

The United Nations welcomes the fact that the Colombian people were able to exercise their right to vote on Sunday, 26 May 2002, and have acted decisively to elect the candidate of their choice.

‘YOU HAVE A HOME AT THE UNITED NATIONS’ SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL,

AS INDIGENOUS FORUM CONCLUDES FIRST SESSION

Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the closing meeting of the first session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in New York on 24 May:

It gives me great pleasure to address this historic first session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.

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SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS NAFIS SADIK OF PAKISTAN

AS HIS SPECIAL ENVOY FOR HIV/AIDS IN ASIA

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONCERNED BY RISING TENSION BETWEEN INDIA, PAKISTAN

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

The Secretary-General is increasingly concerned by the alarming rise in tension between India and Pakistan.  He is in close contact with the leaders of both sides, to encourage them to resolve their differences, including over Kashmir, by peaceful means.

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS HEIDI TAGLIAVINI OF SWITZERLAND

AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR GEORGIA, HEAD OF UNOMIG

IN ENVIRONMENT DAY MESSAGE, SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES HOPE

FOR 'REAL AND TANGIBLE' BREAKTHROUGH AT JOHANNESBURG SUMMIT

Says 'Planet Still in Need of Intensive Care'

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan for World Environment Day, 5 June:

Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in Dili early in the afternoon of Sunday, 19 May.