ON CHERNOBYL DISASTER ANNIVERSARY, SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES DRAMATIC

 

EXPANSION OF DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE TO COUNTRIES MOST AFFECTED

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL NOMINATES KEMAL DERVIŞ OF TURKEY AS NEW ADMINISTRATOR

OF UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

Secretary-General Kofi Annan today sent a letter to the President of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Executive Board conveying his intention to request the General Assembly to confirm Kemal Derviş of Turkey as the new Administrator of the UNDP for a term of four years.

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan, who had left New York on Tuesday evening, 19 April, accompanied by his wife Nane, arrived in Jakarta, Indonesia, on the morning of Thursday, April 21, following stopovers in Frankfurt, Germany, and Singapore.

TIMOR-LESTE AT ‘CRITICAL JUNCTURE’, NEEDS STEADFAST INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO DILI MEETING

Following is UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the Timor-Leste and development partners meeting -– “Redefining Partnerships to Ensure a Better Future” –- in Dili, 25 to 26 April:

SECRETARY-GENERAL DISPATCHES TEAM TO VERIFY SYRIAN WITHDRAWAL FROM LEBANON

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES PEACEFUL ELECTION IN TOGO,

 

SAYS SHOULD PROVIDE SOUND PLATFORM FOR TRANSITION

The following statement was issued on 24 April by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE TO REGIONAL SUMMIT, CALLS ON BURUNDI’S LEADERS

TO TAKE LAST STEP TOWARDS MEETING ASPIRATIONS OF THEIR PEOPLE

He Pledges Continued United Nations Support for Electoral Process

PROMOTING SOCIAL PROGRESS, BETTER LIVING STANDARDS AS IMPORTANT NOW AS fifty

YEARS AGO, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN ADDRESS TO ASIAN-AFRICAN SUMMIT

Underlining Need for Compromise in Seeking Global Deal,

He Says United Nations Institutions Should Reflect World of 2005, Not 1945

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s address to the Asian-African Summit in Jakarta, Indonesia, 22 April:

EFFECTIVE UN IMPORTANT FOR ALL – BUT PERHAPS MOST IMPORTANT FOR DEVELOPING WORLD,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN JAKARTA REMARKS

Following are UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s opening remarks at a panel on reform in Jakarta, 21 April:

SECRETARY-GENERAL REITERATES CALL FOR RESTRAINT, DIALOGUE IN ECUADOR,

AS VICE-PRESIDENT ASSUMES PRESIDENCY

 

The following statement was issued on 20 April by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General has learned that the Vice-President of Ecuador, Alfredo Palacio, has assumed the functions of the presidency.