TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY SECRETARY-GENERAL-designate ban ki-moon

AT UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS, 14 DECEMBER 2006

Ahmad Fawzi:  It is my great pleasure to introduce the just-sworn-in Secretary-General-designate of the United Nations, Mr. Ban Ki-moon.

Following is the text of the address today by UN Secretary-General-designate Ban Ki-moon on taking the oath of office in the General Assembly:

Secretary-General welcomes human rights council resolution on darfur mission

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL HAILS ADOPTION OF LANDMARK CONVENTION

 

ON RIGHTS OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES

 

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan travelled to Independence, Missouri, early on Monday, 11 December, to deliver his last speech as Secretary-General to an American audience, at the Truman Presidential Museum and Library.

SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS SECURITY COUNCIL MIDDLE EAST IN PROFOUND CRISIS,

 

CALLS FOR ‘NEW AND URGENT PUSH FOR PEACE’

 

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s address to the Security Council on the Middle East in New York, 12 December:

Secretary-General accepts resignation of relief coordinator jan egeland

‘with deep regret and with profound gratitude’ for tireless efforts

The following statement by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan was issued today at Headquarters:

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRONGLY URGES HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL TO SEND EXPERTS

TO INVESTIGATE LATEST ESCALATION OF ABUSES IN DARFUR

 

TO FUNCTION MORE EFFECTIVELY, UNITED NATIONS NEEDS FAR-SIGHTED AMERICAN

LEADERSHIP, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS AT TRUMAN PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY

Following is the text of the address today by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the Truman Presidential Museum and Library in Independence, Missouri:

Secretary-General welcomes announced resumption

 

of six-party talks on Korean peninsula

 

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