Secretary-General welcomes beginning of national dialogue in lebanon

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

WOMEN MUST TAKE RIGHTFUL PLACE IN WORLD’S DECISION-MAKING,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE ON INTERNATIONAL DAY

Following is UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on International Women’s Day, observed 8 March:

SECRETARY-GENERAL MEETS WITH PRESIDENT OF CYPRUS

The following statement was issued following the meeting in Paris today between UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan and the President of Cyprus, Tassos Papadopoulos:

POLITICAL COURAGE NEEDED IN FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT, SECRETARY-GENERAL

TELLS PARIS MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE

Following is the text of remarks by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan today, at the Ministerial Conference on Innovative Sources of Financing for Development in Paris:

POWERFUL MESSAGE NEEDED TO COUNTER EXTREMISM, OVERCOME MISPERCEPTIONS

BETWEEN ISLAM, WEST, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN DOHA REMARKS

SECRETARY-GENERAL GRAVELY CONCERNED BY ESCALATION OF ISRAELI MILITARY

OPERATIONS, INCREASE IN PALESTINIAN ROCKET ATTACKS

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES ADOPTION OF TEXT CREATING NEW HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL,

SAYS DECISION TOO IMPORTANT TO ALLOW FURTHER DELAY

Following is UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s statement on the establishment of the Human Rights Council, issued today in New York:

Secretary-General shocked by bombing of samarra SHRINE, Appeals for restraint

in face of act aimed at provoking sectarian strife

 

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

Secretary-General welcomes promulgation of constitution, adoption

 

of electoral law in Democratic Republic of Congo

 

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

CURRENT ‘TIMES OF CHANGE’ WILL RESULT IN MORE EFFECTIVE UNITED NATIONS, SAYS

SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR EUROPE SESSION