SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR RENEWED VOW NEVER TO REPEAT

HIROSHIMA/ NAGASAKI TRAGEDIES

Following is the text of a message from Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony, delivered today by Kenzo Oshima, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Co-ordinator:

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPEALS FOR END TO ‘CYCLE OF VIOLENCE’ IN MID-EAST

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL’S STATEMENT ON INVESTIGATION OF MIDDLE EAST VIDEO

Following is the text of a statement attributable to the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan: 

The Secretary-General has read the report of Mr. Connor’s investigation team with great care.  He accepts its findings and has authorized the release of the report to the press.

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS DYSANE ABDALLAH DORANI DIRECTOR

OF UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION CENTRE IN CAIRO

Secretary-General Kofi Annan has appointed Mr. Dysane Dorani, a national of Djibouti, as Director of the United Nations Information Centre in Cairo, Egypt. Mr. Dorani assumed his duties on 1 August.

SECRETARY-GENERAL’S GOOD OFFICES ON CYPRUS

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

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SECRETARY-GENERAL NAMES AMOS NGONGI (CAMEROON) AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE

FOR DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

DURBAN CONFERENCE ON RACISM MUST CONFRONT PAST,

SET NEW COURSE AGAINST FUTURE RACISM

It Must Help Heal Old Wounds without Reopening Them

Following is the text of the address by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the National Urban League Conference in Washington, D.C., on 30 July:

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS ATTACK BY TAMIL TIGERS ON COLOMBO AIRPORT

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

Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in Rome in the late afternoon of Thursday 19 July.