Secretary-General stresses need to create ‘literate environments’

 

in message to observe international literacy day

 

Following is the text of United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on International Literacy Day, to be observed on 8 September:

On Thursday, 31 August, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan flew from Amman, Jordan, to Damascus, capital of the Syria, where he was greeted at the airport by Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Al-Moualem.

Humanitarian Factsheet on Lebanon

 

The following has been prepared by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA):

Mine Action

Regional Forum on Reinventing Government to take place in Seoul, 6-8 September

 

High-Level Meeting in Republic of Korea to Discuss Building Trust in

Government Programme Includes Inauguration of First UN Project Office on Governance

Deputy Secretary-General appeals for assistance to Lebanon at

 

internationalconference in Stockholm

 

Following is the text of today’s address as delivered by the UN Deputy Secretary-General Mark Malloch Brown to the International Conference on Lebanon in Stockholm:

United Nations Condemns Killing of Aid Worker in Darfur

 

KHARTOUM, 31 August (OCHA) -– The United Nations strongly condemns the death of another humanitarian worker in the increasingly unstable region of Darfur in Sudan.

Security Council

5519^th Meeting (AM)

Security Council expands mandate of un mission in sudan to include darfur,

 

adopting resolution 1706 by vote OF 12 IN favour, with 3 abstaining

Invites Consent of Sudanese Government; Authorizes Use of ‘All Necessary Means’

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in Beirut on Monday, 28 August, where he was greeted at the airport by Lebanese Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh.

Secretary-General warmly welcomes announcement of UN democracy fund

 

grantS totalling $36 million

 

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

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in Brussels on Friday morning, 25 August, to attend an extraordinary meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the European Union on contributions to the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL).