SEXUAL ABUSE IN PEACEKEEPING REPORT ‘HARD AND UNVARNISHED LOOK’ AT SERIOUS

PROBLEM, REFORMS MUST BE QUICKLY IMPLEMENTED, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

Following is the statement of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Prince Zeid’s report, “A comprehensive strategy to eliminate future sexual exploitation and abuse in UN peacekeeping operations”, issued today in New York:

JORDAN PURSUING EQUITABLE SOCIETY FOR ALL – REGARDLESS OF DISABILITY

 

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE TO 2005 AWARD CEREMONY

Following is UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message for the presentation of the FranklinDelanoRoosevelt International Disability Award to King Abdullah the Second of Jordan, delivered by Nane Annan, in New York, 23 March:

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES ARAB STATES TO TAKE LEAD IN UNITING WORLD

AGAINST TERRORISM, IN ADDRESS TO ALGIERSSUMMIT

 

Following is UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s address to the Summit of the League of Arab States in Algiers, 23 March:

I would like to thank President Bouteflika for his leadership and for hosting this meeting at such a critical time for the Arab world and for the United Nations.

SECRETARY-GENERAL ‘DEEPLY DISTURBED’ BY NEW BOMB ATTACK IN LEBANON

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

Un agreed to pay benon sEvAn’s legal fees, but not for period subsequent

 

To volcker’s adverse findings, and no payments yet made, says spokesman

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

Secretary-General saddened by death of two peacekeepers in Haiti,

 

says un remains fully committed after cowardly attacks

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

TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI ANNAN

AT UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS, 21 MARCH 2005

The Secretary-General: Let me first wish our Iranian and Kurdish friends a

very Happy New Year -- Nowrooz Mubarak.

Secretary-General expresses concern over escalation in southern kyrgyzstan

 

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

The Secretary-General is very concerned at the recent escalation of serious incidents in southern Kyrgyzstan, where protestors have clashed with police and seized government offices in the towns of Osh and Jalal-Abad.

SECRETARY-GENERAL PROPOSES STRATEGY FOR UN REFORM TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY,

GIVING EQUAL WEIGHT TO DEVELOPMENT, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS

 

Report Provides Clear Package of Decisions

Member States Can Take to Fulfil Promises Already Made, He Says

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s statement to the General Assembly, in New York today, 21 March:

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS BOMB ATTACK IN PAKISTAN; APPEALS

FOR CALM IN FACE OF ‘BRAZEN AND COWARDLY ACT’

 

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

The Secretary-General is outraged at reports of a bomb attack in a shrine in Baluchistanprovince of Pakistan that has killed a large number of people.