SECRETARY-GENERAL CONGRATULATES INTER-PARLIAMENTARY UNION ON INAUGURATION

OF NEW HEADQUARTERS -- ‘HOUSE OF PARLIAMENTS’

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message for the inauguration of the new headquarters of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, delivered by Sergei Ordzhonikidze, Director-General, United Nations Office in Geneva, 3 October:

SECRETARY-GENERAL’S SPECIAL ENVOY CONCLUDES VISIT TO MYANMAR;

CONFIRMS DAW AUNG SAN SUU KYI WELL, IN GOOD SPIRITS

Following is a statement issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

SECRETARY-GENERAL, CONCERNED BY CÔTE D’IVOIRE DEVELOPMENTS,

URGES PARTIES TO SEEK SOLUTION THROUGH DIALOGUE

Following is a statement issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

SECRETARY-GENERAL DISTURBED BY ISRAEL’S DECISIONS

ON SEPARATION WALL, NEW SETTLEMENTS

Following is a statement issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

WORLD’S PARLIAMENTARIANS ‘CAN DO MUCH’ TO ADVANCE UNITED NATIONS

REFORM AGENDA, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS IPU ASSEMBLY

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the 109^th  Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Assembly, as delivered today in Geneva by Sergei Ordzhonikidze, Director-General, United Nations Office in Geneva:

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES ASSUMPTION OF DUTIES BY UN MISSION IN LIBERIA

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONGRATULATES AD HOC COMMITTEE ON SUCCESSFUL CONCLUSION

OF NEGOTIATIONS ON UN CONVENTION AGAINST CORRUPTION

BUILDING SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES KEY TO REDUCING VULNERABILITY TO NATURAL HAZARDS,

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS ON INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR DISASTER REDUCTION

Following is the message of Secretary-GeneralKofi Annan for the International Day for Disaster Reduction, 8 October:

The theme of this year’s International Day for Disaster Reduction is “turning the tide on disasters towards sustainable development”.

AT FRANCOPHONES’ DINNER, SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR CULTIVATION OF THINGS

‘THAT BRING US TOGETHER’ –- PEACE, JUSTICE, SOLIDARITY

Following is the text of the Secretary-General’s toast at the francophones’ dinner on 25 September (translated from French):

Biographical Note

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS LIEUTENANT-GENERAL DANIEL OPANDE OF KENYA

AS FORCE COMMANDER OF UNITED NATIONS MISSION IN LIBERIA

In a letter dated 29 September, the Secretary-General informed the Security Council of his intention to appoint Lieutenant-General Daniel Ishmael Opande of Kenya as Force Commander of the newly established United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL).