SECRETARY-GENERAL APPEALS FOR PROMPT RETURN TO CIVILIAN, DEMOCRATIC RULE,

SWIFT HOLDING OF ELECTIONS IN THAILAND, AFTER OVERTHROW OF GOVERNMENT

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES LAUNCH OF MINISTERIAL STATEMENT SUPPORTING

NUCLEAR-TEST-BAN TREATY; URGES RATIFICATION BY KEY STATES

 

LET’S TAKE PARTNERSHIP WITH REGIONAL BODIES TO NEW LEVEL OF CLARITY,

PRACTICALITY, SERIOUSNESS, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS SECURITY COUNCIL

MIDDLE EAST QUARTET, TAKING STOCK OF RECENT DEVELOPMENTS, STRESSES

URGENT NEED FOR PROGRESS TOWARDS JUST, COMPREHENSIVE PEACE

 

The following statement was issued today by the Middle East Quartet (United Nations, European Union, Russian Federation, United States):

STATES MUST MAKE IMMEDIATE START IN TRANSLATING COMMITMENTS INTO REALITY,

 

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS AT LAUNCH OF COUNTER-TERRORISM STRATEGY

 

SECRETARY-GENERAL, AT OFFICIAL LAUNCH OF UNITAID, LAUDS INTERNATIONAL

DRUG PURCHASE FACILITY AS SHINING EXAMPLE OF INNOVATIVE FUNDING

Secretary-General thanks host country in final luncheon toast to honour heads

of state, government, delegation chiefs attending general assembly debate

STRUGGLE TO CONFRONT THREE GLOBAL CHALLENGES - DEVELOPMENT, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS

PRESENTS NEW TASKS, GIVES OLD ONES NEW FORM, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

‘Together, International Community Has Pushed Some Big Rocks

ACCEDING TO MINE BAN CONVENTION WOULD ADD NEW IMPETUS TO ITS IMPLEMENTATION,

 

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES NON-SIGNATORIES IN MESSAGE TO STATES PARTIES

 

NEW HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL MUST BE GUIDED BY OBJECTIVITY, ELIMINATE POLITICIZATION,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO GENEVA SESSION

 

Following is UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the second session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva, 18 September: