SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS NEW UN SPECIAL ENVOY TO HORN

OF AFRICA AS HUMANITARIAN CRISIS DEEPENS

In response to the severe drought which has devastated large parts of both Ethiopia and Eritrea, Secretary-General Kofi Annan has announced the appointment of former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari as his Special Envoy for the Humanitarian Crisis in the Horn of Africa. 

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES SIGNING OF CEASEFIRE AGREEMENT

BY LIBERIAN GOVERNMENT, OPPOSITION GROUPS

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

‘GLOBAL VIRTUAL UNIVERSITY’ OFFERS PROSPECT OF CONSTRUCTIVE INTERNATIONAL

COOPERATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

Following is the message by Secretary-GeneralKofi Annan, to the ceremony launching the “Global Virtual University” delivered by Hans van Ginkel, Rector, United Nations University, in Arendal, Norway, today:

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES DISPATCH OF REGIONAL TRANSITION TEAM TO BOUGAINVILLE

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR RATIFICATION BY ALL STATES OF CONVENTION

AGAINST TORTURE, OPTIONAL PROTOCOL, IN MESSAGE FOR INTERNATIONAL DAY

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan for the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, 26 June:

SECRETARY-GENERAL TO ATTEND ‘QUARTET’ MEETING IN AMMAN, JORDAN, 22 JUNE

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

The Secretary-General will participate in a meeting of Quartet Principals in Amman, Jordan, on 22 June.  The meeting follows the recent Aqaba Summit at which both Israel and the Palestinians agreed to begin implementing the Quartet’s Road Map.

‘DESERTIFICATION IS BOTH A CAUSE AND A CONSEQUENCE OF POVERTY’,

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN MESSAGE FOR INTERNATIONAL DAY

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan for the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought, 17 June 2003:

IN STATEMENT TO SECURITY COUNCIL, SECRETARY-GENERAL VOICES CONCERNS

OVER EXTENDING UN PEACEKEEPERS’ IMMUNITY FROM ICC ACTION

Following is the text of a statement, as delivered today, by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Security Council:

The Secretary-General travelled to Washington, D.C. in the morning of Wednesday, 11 June, where he met with United States Secretary of State Colin Powell for a private working lunch, at which they discussed the Middle East and Iraq, operations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Liberia and Myanmar.

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS ‘IN STRONGEST POSSIBLE TERMS’

SUICIDE BOMBING BY HAMAS IN JERUSALEM

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