Secretary-General disappointed small arms conference ended without agreement,

 

but says Global Community committed to action plan to curtail illicit trade

 

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPEALS FOR URGENT ACTION TO ALLEVIATE

 

DESPERATE HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN GAZA

 

Following is the statement by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the situation in Gaza, issued in Berlin on 8 July:

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES RELEASE OF 5 NEPALESE PEACEKEEPERS,

HELD BY MILITIA IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO SINCE 28 MAY

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan in Berlin on 8 July:

Secretary-General appeals for Israelis, Palestinians ‘to pull back from the brink’;

reminds both of responsibility to spare civilian populations

Following is the statement of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the situation in the Middle East, issued today in Berlin:

Secretary-General says choice of South Africa for 2010 World Cup exciting day

for Africans and for ‘all speakers of the universal language of football’

Following are UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks at the unveiling of the 2010 FIFA World Cup emblem in Berlin, 7 July:

On Wednesday, 5 July, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan travelled from Monrovia in Liberia to Yamassoukro, Côte d’Ivoire.

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in Monrovia, Liberia, from Sierra Leone, on Monday evening, 3 July.

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in Sierra Leone from the Gambia on Sunday, 2 July.

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in Banjul, the Gambia, on Friday afternoon, 30 June, to attend the annual African Union Summit.

PROVIDING FOR YOUNG PEOPLE MORAL OBLIGATION, COMPELLING ECONOMIC NECESSITY,

 

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN WORLD POPULATION DAY MESSAGE

 

Following is UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on World Population Day, observed on 11 July: