| Press Release DEV/2452 |
GENERAL ASSEMBLY GREENLIGHTS PROGRAMME FOR THE INTERNATIONAL
YEAR OF MICROCREDIT 2005
Observance Will Promote Access to Financial
Services and Empowerment of Poor, Especially Women
| Press Release SC/7968 IK/416 |
Press Statement on Karbala Bombing BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT
Following is the press statement delivered today by Security Council President Stefan Tafrov (Bulgaria):
| Press Release IHA/847 |
UNITED NATIONS TEAM RESPONDS TO IRAN EARTHQUAKE
| Press Release SC/7969 |
SC/7969
| Press Release SG/SM/9099 AFR/804 |
SECRETARY-GENERAL SHOCKED BY BRUTAL MURDER OF APOSTOLIC NUNCIO IN BURUNDI
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
The Secretary-General was deeply shocked and saddened to learn the news of the tragic death of Monsignor Michael Courtney, the Apostolic Nuncio in Burundi, who was brutally murdered during a road ambush today in Minago, about 50 kilometres south of Bujumbura in Bururi province.
| Press Release SG/SM/9096 AFR/802 |
SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES TRANSITIONAL AGREEMENT IN COMOROS
The following statement was issued by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan on 24 December:
| Press Release SG/SM/9097 |
SECRETARY-GENERAL DISTRESSED BY NEWS OF IRAN’S DEVASTATING
EARTHQUAKE, SAYS UN MOBILIZING ASSISTANCE
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
| Press Release IK/415 |
INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY MONITORING BOARD REVIEWS SCOPE OF AUDIT WORK
ON EXPORT SALES OF IRAQI OIL, PETROLEUM PRODUCTS, NATURAL GAS
Following is a statement issued today by the International Advisory and Monitoring Board (IAMB) on Iraq following a meeting in Washington, D.C., on 22 December:
| Press Release GA/10226 |
Fifty-eighth General Assembly
HIGHLIGHTS
REFORM, REVITALIZATION OF UNITED NATIONS TO FACE NEW GLOBAL THREATS STRESSED
DURING 58TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY, MEETING IN WAKE OF SOBERING WORLD EVENTS
| Press Release SG/SM/9095 |
SECRETARY-GENERAL’S MESSAGE FOR NEW YEAR, 2004
Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message for the New Year, 2004:
Dear Peoples of the United Nations,
Your Organization, which I have the honour to serve, has just been through one of the hardest years in its history.
