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SG/A/928-BIO/3666
10/06/2005
Press Release
SG/A/928
BIO/3666

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS IBRAHIM A. GAMBARI OF NIGERIA

 

AS NEW UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS

 


The Secretary-General today announced the appointment of Ibrahim Agboola Gambari of Nigeria as the new Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, succeeding Kieran Prendergast, effective 1 July 2005.  He will serve until the end of the Secretary-General’s term.

SG/SM/9921
09/06/2005
Press Release
SG/SM/9921

Secretary-General to send personal envoy to Bolivia,

 

urges peaceful, democratic resolution to crisis

 


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


The Secretary-General continues to follow closely the situation in Bolivia and reiterates his concern about the critical juncture the country is going through.

SG/SM/9920
09/06/2005
Press Release
SG/SM/9920

Secretary-General, at film screening, says Sergio Vieira de mello’s ‘LEGACY

 

of light’ will inspire peacemakers for generations to come


Following are UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks at the screening of En Route to Baghdadin New York, 8 June:


People in many countries, on almost every continent, remember Sergio Vieira de Mello as someone who was there to help them in their hour of greatest need.