Biographical Note

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS DAVID VENESS OF UNITED KINGDOM

 

AS UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR SAFETY AND SECURITY

 

The Secretary-General today announced the appointment of David Veness of the United Kingdom as Under-Secretary-General for Safety and Security.  He has been serving as Assistant Commissioner, Specialist Operations in the Metropolitan Police Service in London since April 1994.

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES GENEROUS PLEDGES FOR TSUNAMI RELIEF,

 

URGES ESTABLISHMENT OF REGIONAL EARLY WARNING MECHANISM

 

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

Biographical Note

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS LIEUTENANT-GENERAL JOSEPH OWONIBI (NIGERIA)

AS FORCE COMMANDER OF THE UNITED NATIONS MISSION IN LIBERIA

 

The Secretary-General has appointed Lieutenant-General Joseph Olorungbon Owonibi of Nigeria as Force Commander of the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL).

SECRETARY-GENERAL ANNOUNCES GENERAL ASSEMBLY SPECIAL SESSION ON 24 JANUARY

TO COMMEMORATE 60^TH ANNIVERSARY OF LIBERATION OF NAZI DEATH CAMPS

The following statement is attributable to the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

SECRETARY-GENERAL FORWARDS TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT LETTER ON CREATION

OF REGISTER OF DAMAGE CAUSED BY SEPARATION WALL IN WEST BANK

Following is a statement attributable to the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General and his wife Nane arrived from Jakarta to Colombo, Sri Lanka, on Friday night, 7 January, and began his visit Saturday morning with a meeting with representatives of a dozen United Nations agencies, plus the Asian Development Bank, to review their coordinated efforts to deliver relief to the victims of the 26 December tsunami.

Statement by Secretary-General’s Spokesman On release

 

of initial analysis of oil for food programme

The following statement on the release of the internal audits and the Independent Inquiry Committee’s initial analysis of the “oil for food” programme was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

SECRETARY-GENERAL SADDENED BY DEATH OF UN MILITARY OBSERVER IN LEBANON

Following is a statement attributable to the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS PALESTINIAN POLL A SIGNIFICANT STEP IN HISTORIC TRANSITION

Following is a statement attributable to the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

WELCOMING SUDAN PEACE AGREEMENT, SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES PARTIES TO SHOW

 

COMMITMENT, DETERMINATION, COURAGE IN IMPLEMENTING ACCORD OVER LONG TERM

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the signing ceremony for the Comprehensive Peace Agreement in Sudan, in Nairobi, yesterday, 9 January 2005, as delivered by Jan Pronk, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Sudan: