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:

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