Biographical Note

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS AHMEDOU OULD-ABDALLAH

AS HIS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR WEST AFRICA

The Secretary-General announced on 19 July the appointment of Ahmedou   Ould-Abdallah (Mauritania) as his Special Representative for West Africa.

Biographical Note                                           SG/A/809*

Biographical Note                                            SG/A/808*

DEPLORING ISRAELI AIR ATTACK IN GAZA, SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES

CONCERN OVER ‘POSSIBLE CONSEQUENCES’ OF ACT

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

The Secretary-General deplores the Israeli air attack that took place late tonight in the Gaza Strip, reportedly leaving 10 persons dead and more than

100 injured, including women and children.

SECRETARY-GENERAL DISAPPOINTED AT LACK OF PROGRESS IN LATEST SESSION,

WARNS THAT ‘CREDIBILITY OF ICSC IS AT STAKE’

Following are the remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the fifty-fifth session of the International Civil Service Commission, New York, 22 July:

It gives me great pleasure to welcome you to the United Nations for the fifty-fifth session of the International Civil Service Commission (ICSC).

22/07/2002

Press Release SG/SM/8314 AFR/439

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES PROGRESS IN PEACE TALKS ON SUDAN CONFLICT

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

The Secretary-General welcomes the progress made in the peace talks on the conflict in the Sudan, which have been taking place in Machakos, Kenya, under the auspices of the Sudan Peace Committee of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD).

SECRETARY-GENERAL DISTURBED BY REPORTS ISRAEL USING MEASURES

THAT AMOUNT TO COLLECTIVE PUNISHMENT

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

The Secretary-General is disturbed by reports that the Israeli government has again destroyed the homes of Palestinians in the West Bank, and are considering the forcible transfer of relatives of suicide bombers from the West Bank to the Gaza Strip.

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP

TO AVERT FAMINE IN SOUTHERN AFRICA

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the launch of the Consolidated National Appeals for the Humanitarian Crisis in Southern Africa, delivered on his behalf by Kenzo Oshima, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, in New York on 18 July:

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS TEL AVIV SUICIDE BOMBING

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL WEIGHS SUCCESSES, FAILURES OF DECADE OF HUMANITARIAN ACTION

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to participants in the panel discussion on “Challenges for Humanitarian Assistance in the Last Decade and into the Future.”  The message was delivered on the Secretary-General’s behalf by Kenzo Oshima, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator: