SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS STEINAR BJORNSSON OF ICELAND

 

DEPUTY SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR OPERATIONS IN LIBERIA

 

During a stopover in Frankfurt, Germany, en route to Jakarta, Indonesia, the Secretary-General was asked by CNN what was going “right” in the massive relief effort under way to assist the victims of the 26 December earthquake and resulting tsunami, or tidal wave, that affected countries from Indonesia to Somalia.

MARK KROEKER OF UNITED STATES APPOINTED CIVILIAN POLICE ADVISER

IN PEACKEEPING DEPARTMENT

The Secretary-General today announced the appointment of Mark Kroeker of the United States as the new Civilian Police Adviser in the Department of Peacekeeping Operations.

MAJOR-GENERAL RANDHIR KUMAR MEHTA OF INDIA APPOINTED

MILITARY ADVISER IN PEACEKEEPING DEPARTMENT

IN JAKARTA, SECRETARY-GENERAL LAUNCHES APPEAL FOR $977 MILLION

 

TO AID TSUNAMI VICTIMS

 

SECRETARY-GENERAL ‘GRAVELY CONCERNED’ OVER KILLING

 

OF PALESTINIAN CIVILIANS IN GAZA STRIP

 

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

TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI ANNAN

AT UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS, 3 JANUARY 2005

The Secretary-General:  Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. It is a holiday in the building; it is surprising to see so many of you here this morning.

Secretary-General welcomes peace pact in senegal

 

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan on 31 December 2004:

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS MARK MALLOCH BROWN CHEF DE CABINET

Secretary-General Kofi Annan today announced the appointment of Mark Malloch Brown, the Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), as his Chef de Cabinet.

‘TIME TO SHOW THAT WHEN CALAMITY STRIKES, HUMANKIND CAN UNITE’,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN VIDEO MESSAGE

 

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s video message for events held in solidarity with those affected by the tsunami in Asia:

Dear friends,