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SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS MEHR KHAN WILLIAMS OF PAKISTAN

DEPUTY HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS

The Secretary-General today announced the appointment of Mehr Khan Williams as Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights.  The appointment is at the Assistant-Secretary-General level.

Secretary-General calls on Israel to cease west bank settlement expansion

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

In Geneva on Thursday, 19 August, Secretary-General Kofi Annan led the commemoration ceremonies to mark the first anniversary of the bombing of the United Nations headquarters in Baghdad.

Secretary-General strongly condemns deadly bombing in bangladesh

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

Secretary-General welcomes inauguration of transitional

Federal parliament for Somalia

The following statement was issued on Sunday, 22 August, by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

IN MESSAGE TO VOLUNTEER CONFERENCE, SECRETARY-GENERAL PRAISES

CONTRIBUTION OF SHARON CAPELING-ALAKIJA

Following is the text of the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the eighteenth Volunteer Conference of the International Association for Volunteer Effort (IAVE), delivered today in Barcelona by Gillian Sorensen, Senior Adviser, United Nations Foundation:

REMARKS BY SECRETARY-GENERAL INTRODUCING BRAZILIAN

CULTURE MINISTER GILBERTO GIL AT CONCERT

Following are the remarks delivered in Geneva today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan when he introduced Brazilian Culture Minister Gilberto Gil at the concert marking the first anniversary of the attack on United Nations headquarters in Baghdad:

un family stands by families, loved ones of baghdad victims, Secretary-General

says in message on first anniversary of attack

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the first anniversary of the attack on United Nations Headquarters in Baghdad, on 19 august 2004:

‘We will long feel the pain, but our sense of mission is intact’, Secretary-General

says on anniversary of attack on un Baghdad headquarters

Following is the text of remarks, as delivered today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the ceremony in Geneva marking the first anniversary of the attack on the United Nations headquarters in Baghdad:

Haiti can count on UN for help in regaining peace, stability, prosperity,

Secretary-General says in message for Brazil-Haiti football match

Following is the text of the video message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan, translated from French, on the occasion of the Brazil-Haiti football match in Port-au-Prince on 18 August:

Nations Unies ap di nou onè respè!  [Greetings to everyone from the United Nations!]