SECRETARY-GENERAL MOURNS PASSING OF FORMER UNITED STATES PRESIDENT GERALD FORD,

SAYS WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR LEADERSHIP DURING DIFFICULT PERIOD

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

SADLY, SPIRIT OF SOLIDARITY THAT FOLLOWED TSUNAMI NOT SUSTAINED IN SRI LANKA,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL, URGES IMMEDIATE HALT TO NEW ‘TIDE OF CONFLICT’

Security Council

5614^th Meeting (PM)

SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE ON SOMALIA, BRIEFING SECURITY COUNCIL, SAYS CRISIS

‘ESCALATED DANGEROUSLY’, FIGHTING EXPANDED ACROSS 400-KILOMETRE FRONT

Warns Deteriorating Situation Has Dealt Blow to Resumption

SECRETARY-GENERAL SADDENED BY DEATHS FROM NIGERIA PIPELINE EXPLOSION;

CALLS FOR REVIEW OF COUNTRY’S FUEL SUPPLY MANAGEMENT

 

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

Security Council

5613^th Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL CONDEMNS ATTACKS AGAINST JOURNALISTS IN CONFLICT SITUATIONS,

 

UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTING RESOLUTION 1738 (2006)

 

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTION OF CAPITAL MASTER PLAN;

SAYS WILL ENSURE HEADQUARTERS REMAINS ‘WORKSHOP FOR PEACE’ FOR GENERATIONS

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

Security Council

5612^th Meeting (AM)

SECURITY COUNCIL IMPOSES SANCTIONS ON IRAN FOR FAILURE TO HALT

URANIUM ENRICHMENT, UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTING RESOLUTION 1737 (2006)

 

Measures Will Be Lifted if Iran Suspends Suspect Activities;

Quartet Endorses extension of mechanism to fund Palestinian authority

Following is the text of a statement by the Middle East Quartet ( United Nations, United States, European Union, Russian Federation) issued today, 22 December:

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRONGLY DEPLORES OUTBREAK OF FIGHTING IN SOMALIA, DEEPLY

CONCERNED ESCALATION WILL HAVE DISASTROUS IMPACT ON CIVILIANS

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

Sixty-first General Assembly

HIGHLIGHTS

GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT TELLS OF BRIDGE-BUILDING EFFORTS TO RESTORE

NORTH-SOUTH TRUST, QUELL TENSIONS OVER UNITED NATIONS REFORM

Secretary-General Stresses Importance of ‘Truly Multilateral World Order’