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SG/A/871-SC/8065-IK/430

SECRETARY-GENERAL NAMES INDEPENDENT PANEL TO PROBE ‘OIL-FOR-FOOD’ ALLEGATIONS

21/04/2004
Press Release
SG/A/871
SC/8065
IK/430


secretary-general Names Independent Panel to Probe ‘Oil-for-Food’ Allegations

NEW YORK, 21 April–- United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan today announced the formation of the independent panel that will conduct an inquiry into allegations of impropriety in the administration and management of the Iraq “oil-for-food” programme.

SG/SM/9260

PARLIAMENTARIANS HAVE MAJOR ROLE IN HELPING COUNTRIES RECOVER FROM CONFLICT, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO MEXICO CITY MEETING

19/04/2004
Press Release
SG/SM/9260


Parliamentarians have major role in helping countries recover from conflict,


says secretary-general in message to mexico city meeting


Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message for the 110th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, delivered by Danilo Türk, Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs, in Mexico City, 18 April:

SG/SM/9256-SC/8059

ROLE OF BUSINESS IN ARMED CONFLICT CAN BE CRUCIAL – ‘FOR GOOD AND FOR ILL’, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS SECURITY COUNCIL OPEN DEBATE ON ISSUE

15/04/2004
Press Release
SG/SM/9256
SC/8059


role of business in armed conflict can be crucial – ‘for good and for ill’,


Secretary-General tells Security Council open debate on issue


Following are Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks at an open debate of the Security Council on the role of business in conflict prevention, peacekeeping and post-conflict peace-building in New York, 15 April: