SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE TO CLIMATE CHANGE TALKS, URGES PROMOTION

OF LOW-CARBON ENERGY SOURCES, LOW-GREENHOUSE-GAS TECHNOLOGIES

Stressing Need for More Climate-Friendly Development

Strategies, He Tells Conference of Parties to Look Beyond Kyoto Protocol

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES WIDER RATIFICATION OF MIGRANT RIGHTS CONVENTION,

IN MESSAGE TO MARK INTERNATIONAL MIGRANTS DAY

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on International Migrants Day, observed on 18 December 2004:

GROUP OF FRIENDS OF SECRETARY-GENERAL REVIEW GEORGIA-ABKHAZ PEACE PROCESS

Following is a statement attributable to the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan, following the high-level meeting of the Secretary-General’s Group of Friends of Georgia in Geneva, on 13-14 December 2004:

SECRETARY-GENERAL NAMES ROED-LARSEN TO NEW APPOINTMENT AS SPECIAL ENVOY

The Secretary-General today announced the appointment of Terje Roed-Larsen as his Special Envoy for the implementation of Security Council resolution 1559 (2004).  Mr. Roed-Larsen is currently serving as the United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process.

REMARKS OF SPECIAL ADVISER AT ARAB FORUM DO NOT REFLECT

 

UN POLICY, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL’S SPOKESMAN

 

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

The remarks attributed to the Secretary-General’s Special Adviser, Lakhdar Brahimi, made at the Arab Strategy Forum in Dubai today, do not reflect United Nations policy, nor that of the Secretary-General.

SECRETARY-GENERAL, ADDRESSING NATIONAL FOREIGN TRADE COUNCIL, STRESSES

CLOSE LINK BETWEEN MULTILATERAL TRADE, SECURITY FRAMEWORKS

 

He Calls for Changes to Closed-Door

Decision-Making in Barrier-Laden World Trading System

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s address to the National Foreign Trade Council in New York on Friday, 10 December 2004:

Secretary-General pleased by decision on 26 december re-vote

 

in Ukraine presidential election

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

UN ‘NEEDS CHANGE – PERHAPS RADICAL CHANGE’ TO MEET 21^ST CENTURY THREATS OF aids,

GENOCIDE, TERRORISM, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s statement to the General Assembly in New York, 8 December:

You received last week the report of the High-Level Panel, entitled “A More Secure World:  Our Shared Responsibility”. 

SECRETARY-GENERAL STUDIES ETHIOPIAN PROPOSAL ON BOUNDARY COMMISSION

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

Further to the Secretary-General’s statement of 26 November, he has studied the five-point proposal that the Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi submitted to Parliament on 25 November.

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES AGREEMENT REACHED BY IVORIAN PARTIES

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