SECRETARY-GENERAL ‘DEEPLY DISTURBED’ AT REPORTS OF MASSACRES IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO; DEMANDS RESPECT FOR CIVILIANS’ HUMAN RIGHTS

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES EFFORTS OF INTER-PARLIAMENTARY UNION

TO PROVIDE GREATER SUPPORT TO UNITED NATIONS

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the 108^th Inter-Parliamentary Conference in Santiago de Chile, as delivered by José Antonio Ocampo, Executive Secretary, Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC):

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES CÔTE D’IVOIRE AGREEMENT ON GOVERNMENT

OF RECONCILIATION AS ‘MAJOR PROGRESS TOWARDS PEACE’

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the agreement establishing a government of reconciliation in Côte d’Ivoire, delivered on his behalf by his Special Representative, General Albert Tévoedjré, in Yamoussoukro on 3 April:

RAFEEUDDIN AHMED NAMED SPECIAL ADVISER BY SECRETARY-GENERAL

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES CÔTE D’IVOIRE AGREEMENT ON GOVERNMENT

OF RECONCILIATION AS ‘MAJOR PROGRESS TOWARDS PEACE’

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the agreement establishing a government of reconciliation in Côte d’Ivoire, delivered on his behalf by his Special Representative, General Albert Tévoedjré, in Yamoussoukro on 3 April:

PHILIPPE DE SEYNES, ‘INTELLECTUAL GIANT’, SHAPER OF UNITED NATIONS ECONOMIC,

SOCIAL OPERATIONS, DIES IN PARIS AT AGE 93

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

Philippe de Seynes, one of the United Nations’ most distinguished senior officials, passed away yesterday in Paris at age 93.

COMMISSION ON BOUNDARY BETWEEN CAMEROON, NIGERIA TO MEET IN YAOUNDE, 2-3 APRIL

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL COMMENDS ‘BREAKTHROUGH’, AS AGREEMENTS ON DEMOCRATIC

REPUBLIC OF CONGO ARE FORMALLY ENDORSED AT SUN CITY MEETING

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the final session of the Inter-Congolese Dialogue, delivered on his behalf by his Special Envoy M. Moustapha Niasse, in Sun City, South Africa on 2 April:

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL SHASHI THAROOR

COORDINATOR FOR MULTILINGUALISM

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPALLED AT KILLING OF RED CROSS WORKER IN AFGHANISTAN

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

The Secretary-General was appalled to learn of the brutal killing yesterday of Richard Munguía, a delegate of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Uruzgan province in southern Afghanistan.