SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS JEAN DUSSOURD DEPUTY SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE IN KOSOVO

The Secretary-General has appointed Jean Dussourd as his Deputy Special Representative in the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK).  Mr. Dussourd will head the Police and Justice component (Pillar I) in UNMIK.

UN WELCOMES EGYPT’S DECISION TO WAiVE SURCHARGE FOR SHIPS

DESTINED FOR UN PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS

 

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

The United Nations welcomes Egypt’s recent decision to waive a new 25 per cent surcharge for all ships carrying military equipment through the Suez Canal destined for United Nations peacekeeping operations.

INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY MUST IMMEDIATELY FIND WAY TO HALT KILLING

IN DARFUR, SUDAN, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS SECURITY COUNCIL

 

Following is the text of today’s statement to the Security Council by Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

I am very pleased that the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Louise Arbour, is with us today, to present the report of the International Commission of Inquiry on Darfur.

IN MESSAGE TO KYOTO PROTOCOL CEREMONY, SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS ON WORLD

COMMUNITY TO ‘BE BOLD’, QUICKLY TAKE NEXT STEPS AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s video message on the entry into force of the Kyoto Protocol, 16 February:

Today we celebrate the entry into force of the Kyoto Protocol.

The Secretary-General arrived in Munich from London on Friday evening, 11 February.

Secretary-General Kofi Annan, on arriving in London from New York on Wednesday, 9 February, held internal meetings, including with his Special Representative for Iraq, Ashraf Qazi, and his senior political advisor, Kieran Prendergast.

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONGRATULATES PEOPLE OF IRAQ FOLLOWING ELECTION RESULTS,

PROMISES UN’S DEEP COMMITMENT TO NEXT STAGE IN TRANSITION

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL, ACCEPTING ‘PEACE THROUGH DIALOGUE’ AWARD in munich, SAYS

HONOUR AFFIRMS IMPORTANCE OF INSTITUTION, NOT INDIVIDUAL

 

Following are Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks on receiving the award for Peace Through Dialogue at a dinner hosted by the Minister President of Bavaria in Munich on 12 February:

Thank you, Mr. Minister President and Professor Teltschik, for those very kind words.

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS ASSASSINATION OF FORMER PRIME MINISTER OF LEBANON

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

The Secretary-General has learned with great sadness and shock of the brutal murder in the heart of Beirut today of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri of Lebanon and a number of others.

‘IN STRENGTHENING THE SECURITY OF OTHERS, WE PROTECT THE SECURITY

OF OUR OWN’, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN MUNICH ADDRESS

 

Following is the text of the address, as delivered by Secretary-General Kofi Annan, to the forty-first Munich Conference on Security Policy:  “A More Secure World:  The Future Role of the United Nations”, in Munich, 13 February: