| Press Release SG/SM/8044 AFR/362 |
ADDRESSING RWANDA CONFERENCE OF GENOCIDE SURVIVORS, SECRETARY-GENERAL PRAISES
‘THOSE WHO LIVE ON TO REMEMBER AND REBUILD’
| Press Release SG/SM/8043 |
LAUNCHING 2002 CONSOLIDATED APPEALS, SECRETARY-GENERAL ASKS HELP
FOR 33 MILLION ‘IN DESPERATE NEED’
Following is the text of today’s address by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to launch the 2002 Consolidated Inter-Agency Appeals:
It is a pleasure to be with you today to launch the Consolidated Inter-Agency Appeals for the year 2002. We are making these appeals on behalf of people who are in desperate need of humanitarian assistance and protection.
| Press Release SG/SM/8042 |
SECRETARY-GENERAL ‘DEEPLY CONCERNED’ AT RENEWAL OF VIOLENCE IN NEPAL
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
| Press Release SG/SM/8041 |
SECRETARY-GENERAL’S SPECIAL ENVOY TO HELP FACILITATE MYANMAR TALKS
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
Mr. Razali Ismail, the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Myanmar, will visit Yangon from 27 November to 4 December 2001 to help facilitate the talks between the Government and Daw Aung San Suu Kyi for democratization and national reconciliation in Myanmar.
| Press Release SG/A/780 |
JAMES LEMOYNE APPOINTED ACTING SPECIAL ADVISER ON COLOMBIA
On 13 November, the Secretary-General announced the appointment of James LeMoyne as Acting Special Adviser on Colombia. Mr. LeMoyne has been serving as Deputy Special Adviser to Jan Egeland, who, it was recently announced, would leave the United Nations early next year to become Secretary-General of the Norwegian Red Cross. Mr. LeMoyne will assume this position in January 2002, upon
On Saturday afternoon, 17 November, Secretary-General Kofi Annan left New York for an overnight trip to Ottawa, Canada, to talk to the members of the Finance and Development Committees of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund during a private dinner.
| Press Release SG/SM/8040 OBV/250 |
WOM/1303
‘WHEN IT COMES TO VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, THERE ARE NO GROUNDS FOR TOLERANCE’,
| Press Release SG/SM/8039 UNEP/101 |
SECRETARY-GENERAL CONGRATULATES HUEY JOHNSON FOR EFFORTS
TO ADVANCE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the UNEP Sasakawa Environment Prize Ceremony, delivered by Klaus Töpfer, Executive Director, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), New York, on 19 November:
| Press Release SG/SM/8038 |
GREECE AND FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA
MEET UNDER SECRETARY-GENERAL’S AUSPICES
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
| Press Release SG/SM/8037 DEV/2354 |
LAUNCHING INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY (ICT) TASK FORCE,
SECRETARY-GENERAL APPEALS FOR SUPPORT FROM PRIVATE SECTOR
Following is the text of remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to today’s launching of the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Task Force:
It gives me great pleasure to formally launch the United Nations Task Force on Information and Communications Technology.
