The Secretary-General arrived in Paris from the Netherlands on the evening of 24 November, meeting next day with French President Jacques Chirac and Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin.
In progress at UNHQ
Press Release
In the morning of 20 November, the Secretary-General flew to Zagreb, where he was greeted on arrival by Croatian President Stjepan Mesic.
Press Release SG/SM/8537 |
SG/SM/8537
Press Release SG/SM/8536 AFG/213 |
EVENTS IN AFGHANISTAN PROMPT OPTIMISM, BUT ‘STEADY DETERMINATION’ REQUIRED
TO SEE TASK THROUGH, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL TO TALKS IN GERMANY
Following is the statement of Secretary-General Kofi Annan delivered by the Special Representative for Afghanistan, Lakhdar Brahimi, to the 2002 Bonn talks on Afghanistan in Petersberg, Germany, on 2 December:
On the morning of 21 November, the Secretary-General and his wife Nane flew from Zagreb to Amsterdam, and they had a private lunch with Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands at The Hague.
Press Release HR/4632 |
Round-up
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS CONCLUDES TWENTY-NINTH SESSION
Issues Conclusions on Reports from Poland,
Slovak Republic, Georgia, Solomon Islands and Estonia
(Reissued as received.)
Press Release SG/SM/8530 OBV/313 |
SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE FOR INTERNATIONAL DAY, STRESSES NEED
TO FIGHT `EXCLUSION’ OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
This is the text of a message from Secretary-General Kofi Annan to mark the International Day of Disabled Persons, 3 December:
Press Release SG/SM/8533 PAL/1928 |
SG/SM/8533
Press Release SG/SM/8529* GA/PAL/906* OBV/312* |
DAY OF PALESTINIAN SOLIDARITY `A DAY OF MOURNING
AND A DAY OF GRIEF’, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL
Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s statement on International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, delivered on his behalf by S. Iqbal Riza, Under-Secretary-General and Chef de Cabinet, New York, 29 November:
Press Release GA/PAL/907 |
Committee on the Inalienable Rights
of the Palestinian People
268th Meeting (AM)
SOLIDARITY DAY WITH PALESTINIANS ‘A DAY OF MOURNING AND A DAY OF GRIEF’
SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL, AS HEADQUARTERS OBSERVES INTERNATIONAL DAY
Speakers Call for International Action to Halt Israeli Aggression;
Stress Independent Palestinian State Only Guarantee of Israeli Security