IN REMARKS TO SECURITY COUNCIL, SECRETARY-GENERAL CONGRATULATES WEST AFRICANS

FOR WILLINGNESS TO ENGAGE, SAYS INSECURITY RESPECTS NO NATIONAL BOUNDARIES

Following is the text of remarks today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan to Security Council:

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS TRAGIC EVENTS IN LEBANON AND NORTHERN ISRAEL SHOULD NOT

DISTRACT FROM URGENT NEED TO RESOLVE CRISIS IN OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORY

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

On Friday, 4 August, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in Santo Domingo, the capital of the Dominican Republic, to begin his first official visit to that country.

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in Port-au-Prince, the capital of Haiti, on Thursday, 3 August, a day later than scheduled, due to aircraft technical difficulties.  It was his first official visit to Haiti in the office of Secretary-General.

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS MARGARET NOVICKI AS DIRECTOR

 

OF UN INFORMATION CENTRE IN PRETORIA, South Africa

 

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC’S WORK TO REACH ANTI-POVERTY GOALS INSPIRATION TO INTERNATIONAL

COMMUNITY, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN SANTO DOMINGO ADDRESS

 

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES REPORT ON UNITED NATIONS GOVERNANCE, OVERSIGHT

 

AS IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTION TO STRENGTHENING, REVITALIZING ORGANIZATION

 

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS ON POLICE OFFICERS IN HAITI TO SHOW ‘STRONG SPIRIT

OF PATRIOTISM AND UNITY IN THE FACE OF ALL TRIALS’

 

POVERTY ROBS WORLD OF FULL POTENTIAL OF OVER 1 BILLION YOUTH,

 

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE FOR INTERNATIONAL DAY

 

Following is the message by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan for International Youth Day, observed on 12 August:

INDIGENOUS PEOPLE FACE CHALLENGES POSED BY POVERTY, DISCRIMINATION,

 

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE FOR INTERNATIONAL DAY

 

Following is the message by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan for the International Day of the World’s Indigenous People, observed on 9 August: