PAKISTAN:  UN COUNTRY TEAM RESPONDS TO NATURAL DISASTERS

NEW YORK, 14 February (UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs) -- Heavy snowfall, torrential rains and burst dams have killed more than 300 people in Pakistan over the past two weeks.  Rain and snow continue to cause heavy damage in Pakistan’s northern areas, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, north-west frontier province (NWFP), Balochistan and parts of PunjabProvince.

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONCERNED OVER DETERIORATING SECURITY IN TOGO,

CALLS FOR RESTRAINT, PEACEFUL SOLUTION TO CRISIS

 

The following statement was issued by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan on 12 February:

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONGRATULATES PEOPLE OF IRAQ FOLLOWING ELECTION RESULTS,

PROMISES UN’S DEEP COMMITMENT TO NEXT STAGE IN TRANSITION

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

NEW ILO REPORT SEES WEAK GLOBAL JOB GROWTH IN 2004,

 

SAYS EUROPEAN JOB GROWTH REMAINS STATIC

 

GENEVA, 14 February (ILO) -- Despite robust economic growth, the global employment situation improved only slightly in 2004, with employment increasing and unemployment down marginally, the International Labour Office (ILO) said in its annual report, Global Employment Trends, released today.

Secretary-General Kofi Annan, on arriving in London from New York on Wednesday, 9 February, held internal meetings, including with his Special Representative for Iraq, Ashraf Qazi, and his senior political advisor, Kieran Prendergast.

‘IN STRENGTHENING THE SECURITY OF OTHERS, WE PROTECT THE SECURITY

OF OUR OWN’, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN MUNICH ADDRESS

 

Following is the text of the address, as delivered by Secretary-General Kofi Annan, to the forty-first Munich Conference on Security Policy:  “A More Secure World:  The Future Role of the United Nations”, in Munich, 13 February:

SECRETARY-GENERAL, ACCEPTING ‘PEACE THROUGH DIALOGUE’ AWARD in munich, SAYS

HONOUR AFFIRMS IMPORTANCE OF INSTITUTION, NOT INDIVIDUAL

 

Following are Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks on receiving the award for Peace Through Dialogue at a dinner hosted by the Minister President of Bavaria in Munich on 12 February:

Thank you, Mr. Minister President and Professor Teltschik, for those very kind words.

Commission for Social Development

Forty-third Session

8^th & 9^th Meetings (AM & PM)

SPEAKERS CALL FOR TARGETED ACTION AGAINST POVERTY, UNEMPLOYMENT, SOCIAL EXCLUSION,

AS SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION CONCLUDES HIGH-LEVEL DISCUSSION

Morning Panel Highlights Need

For Commitment to World Programme of Action for Youth

LIFE-SAVING EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE UNDER WAY IN ITURI, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC

OF CONGO, SAYS UN HUMANITARIAN COORDINATOR

 

BUNIA, 8 February (OCHA) -- Humanitarian organizations have begun the delivery of much-needed emergency assistance to the survivors of an attack on Tché, District of Ituri.  Over 10,000 people are now gathered in the area, seeking protection from further attacks by FNI militia.

GOVERNMENT OF TAJIKISTAN APPEALS FOR HELP

 

NEW YORK, 11 February (OCHA) -- The Government of Tajikistan has requested assistance from the United Nations after heavy snowstorms in that country.