UN-HABITAT RESPONDS TO TSUNAMI FLASH APPEAL

 

(Reissued as received.)

UNODC Executive Director Visits UNICRI, Expresses Need

 

for Professionals to Fight Global Crime

 

(Reissued as received.)

SECRETARY-GENERAL SADDENED BY DEATH OF UN MILITARY OBSERVER IN LEBANON

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

Statement by Secretary-General’s Spokesman On release

 

of initial analysis of oil for food programme

The following statement on the release of the internal audits and the Independent Inquiry Committee’s initial analysis of the “oil for food” programme was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

TSUNAMI RELIEF EFFORT:  ADOLF OGI CALLS WORLD OF SPORT TO COORDINATED ACTION

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GENEVA, 10 January (UN Information Service) -- Adolf Ogi, the Special Adviser to the United Nations Secretary-General on Sport for Development and Peace, has issued a call for coordinated action to the sports world in response to the recent Indian Ocean tsunami on behalf of the United Nations system.

The Secretary-General and his wife Nane arrived from Jakarta to Colombo, Sri Lanka, on Friday night, 7 January, and began his visit Saturday morning with a meeting with representatives of a dozen United Nations agencies, plus the Asian Development Bank, to review their coordinated efforts to deliver relief to the victims of the 26 December tsunami.

PRESS STATEMENT ON SUDAN BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is today’s statement to the press on the Sudan by Security Council President César Mayoral (Argentina):

WELCOMING SUDAN PEACE AGREEMENT, SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES PARTIES TO SHOW

 

COMMITMENT, DETERMINATION, COURAGE IN IMPLEMENTING ACCORD OVER LONG TERM

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the signing ceremony for the Comprehensive Peace Agreement in Sudan, in Nairobi, yesterday, 9 January 2005, as delivered by Jan Pronk, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Sudan:

PRESS STATEMENT BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT ON PALESTINIAN ELECTIONS

Following is today’s press statement on the Palestinian elections by Security Council President César Mayoral (Argentina):

The Security Council welcomes the presidential elections of the Palestinian Authority held yesterday, 9 January 2005.

Members of the Security Council congratulate the Palestinian people on this election.

PRESS STATEMENT ON AFGHANISTAN BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is today’s press statement on Afghanistan by Security Council President César Mayoral (Argentina):

The Security Council received a briefing by Mr. Jean Arnault, Special Representative of the Secretary General for Afghanistan, on the situation in Afghanistan and the work of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA).