Secretary-General Kofi Annan has appointed Hatsuhisa Takashima as the Director of the United Nations Information Centre in Tokyo. He will take up his duties on 1 September 2000.
The Secretary-General arrived in Accra, Ghana, on Saturday evening, 29 July. He was met at the airport by the head of State of the Republic of Ghana, Flight Lieutenant Jerry John Rawlings.
The following statement was issued today by the Office of the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
The following text was issued today by the Office of the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's address today in Legon, Ghana, upon receiving an honourary degree from the University of Ghana:
The following statement was issued today by the Office of the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annans remarks today at the commissioning and sod-cutting of the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre in Teshie, Ghana:
The Secretary-General today appointed Anna Kajumulo Tibaijuka as the new Executive Director of the United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat). She will take up her new responsibilities at the Nairobi-based agency in the next three months.
Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annans closing statement today to the Economic and Social Council substantive session:
