SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES GREAT CONCERN OVER LIVES LOST IN IRAN BOMBINGS,

SAYS NO CAUSE CAN JUSTIFY TARGETING INNOCENT CIVILIANS

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL ENCOURAGED BY SPECIAL ENVOY’S CONSTRUCTIVE

DISCUSSIONS WITH SYRIA’S PRESIDENT

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

Secretary-General welcomes nato, eu airlift of African union peacekeepers into darfur;

also welcomes resumption of negotiations on political settlement

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

Secretary-General urges respect for electoral outcome in ethiopia

 

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

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.

Courage, perseverance of refugees in overcoming adversity inspiration,

 

says Secretary-General in message on international day

Following is UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on World Refugee Day observed 20 June:

At launch of progress report on millennium goals, Secretary-General says

 

2005 is ‘make-or-break’ year for world’s poor

Following is the text of remarks by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the launch of “The Millennium Development Goals Report 2005” in New York today:

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.

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.

WOMEN IN DRY LANDS RANK AMONG ‘POOREST OF POOR’, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

IN DESERTIFICATION DAY MESSAGE

Following is the text of the message by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan for the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought, 17 June 2005: