Secretary-General welcomes establishment of new timor-leste government,

 

calls for spirit of reconciliation as country prepares for elections

 

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPEALS FOR URGENT ACTION TO ALLEVIATE

 

DESPERATE HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN GAZA

 

Following is the statement by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the situation in Gaza, issued in Berlin on 8 July:

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL HOLDS SPECIAL EVENT

 

ON AVIAN INFLUENZA:  A GLOBAL EMERGENCY

 

(Reissued as received)

Secretary-General disappointed small arms conference ended without agreement,

 

but says Global Community committed to action plan to curtail illicit trade

 

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

Sixtieth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

67^th Meeting (PM)

FIFTH COMMITTEE CONCLUDES RESUMED SESSION, RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF REFORM

MEASURES, INCLUDING DISCRETIONARY SPENDING FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

Draft Resolution on Also Cover Oversight, Information Technology,

Secretary-General says choice of South Africa for 2010 World Cup exciting day

for Africans and for ‘all speakers of the universal language of football’

Following are UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks at the unveiling of the 2010 FIFA World Cup emblem in Berlin, 7 July:

Review Conference

on Illicit Small Arms Trade

13^th & 14^th Meetings (AM & PM)

UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE AIMED AT STRENGTHENING GLOBAL EFFORT AGAINST ILLICIT

SMALL ARMS TRADE ENDS WITHOUT AGREEMENT ON FINAL DOCUMENT

 

ECOSOC HOLDS PANEL DISCUSSION ON POLICY APPROACHES TO ACHIEVE

ECONOMIC GROWTH, POVERTY REDUCTION, DEVELOPMENT

 

(Reissued as received)

Secretary-General appeals for Israelis, Palestinians ‘to pull back from the brink’;

reminds both of responsibility to spare civilian populations

Following is the statement of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the situation in the Middle East, issued today in Berlin:

Sixtieth General Assembly

Plenary

93^rd Meeting (PM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY APPROVES REFORM MEASURES TO STRENGTHEN UNITED NATIONS IN AREAS

OF OVERSIGHT, ACCOUNTABILITY, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, PROCUREMENT

Defers Consideration of Issues Concerning