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SG/SM/10272-AFR/1303

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS ON CITIZENS OF DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO TO TURN OUT IN LARGE NUMBERS FOR 18 DECEMBER CONSTITUTIONAL REFERENDUM

16/12/2005
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/10272
AFR/1303
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS ON CITIZENS OF DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO TO TURN OUT


IN LARGE NUMBERS FOR 18 DECEMBER CONSTITUTIONAL REFERENDUM


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

SG/SM/10267-GA/10435-IHA/1129

SECRETARY-GENERAL DESCRIBES APPROVAL OF CENTRAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE FUND AS CRITICAL PART OF BROAD HUMANITARIAN REFORM

15/12/2005
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/10267
GA/10435
IHA/1129
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

SECRETARY-GENERAL DESCRIBES APPROVAL OF CENTRAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE FUND


AS CRITICAL PART OF BROAD HUMANITARIAN REFORM


He Says Process of Providing Aid to Disaster Victims

Has for Too Long Remained Unacceptably Reactive, Unequal

SG/SM/10268

TRANSCRIPT OF JOINT PRESS CONFERENCE BY SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI ANNAN AND FORMER U.S. PRESIDENT GEORGE H.W. BUSH AT UN HEADQUARTERS, 15 DECEMBER 2005

15/12/2005
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/10268
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

TRANSCRIPT OF JOINT PRESS CONFERENCE BY SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI ANNAN AND FORMER


U.S. PRESIDENT GEORGE H.W. BUSH AT UN HEADQUARTERS, 15 DECEMBER 2005


The Secretary-General:  Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen.  Thank you for coming this afternoon.

SG/SM/10269-DEV/2558-OBV/536

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES SHOULD INVOLVE SKILLS OF ‘GLOBAL DIASPORAS’ IN DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE ON DAY FOR SOUTH-SOUTH COOPERATION

15/12/2005
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/10269
DEV/2558
OBV/536
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Developing countries should involve skills of ‘global diasporas’ in development

 

process, says Secretary-General in message on day for south-south cooperation

 

SG/SM/10266-IK/532

ON EVE OF NATIONAL ELECTIONS, SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES ALL IRAQIS TO VOTE AS ‘FIRST STEP’ TOWARDS BUILDING STABLE, UNITED, PROSPEROUS COUNTRY

14/12/2005
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/10266
IK/532
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

ON EVE OF NATIONAL ELECTIONS, SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES ALL IRAQIS TO VOTE


AS ‘FIRST STEP’ TOWARDS BUILDING STABLE, UNITED, PROSPEROUS COUNTRY


Following is UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s statement to the Iraqi people on the eve of national elections, issued today at Headquarters:

SG/SM/10264-AFR/1301

CONCERNED BY TENSION, SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES RESPECT FOR LIBERIA POLL RESULT

14/12/2005
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/10264
AFR/1301
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

CONCERNED BY TENSION, SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES RESPECT FOR LIBERIA POLL RESULT


The following statement is attributable to the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

SG/SM/10261-ECO/100

DEVELOPMENT IS STANDARD AGAINST WHICH WORLD TRADE TALKS WILL BE HELD, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN STATEMENT TO WORLD TRADE CONFERENCE

13/12/2005
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/10261
ECO/100
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

DEVELOPMENT IS STANDARD AGAINST WHICH WORLD TRADE TALKS WILL BE HELD,


SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN STATEMENT TO WORLD TRADE CONFERENCE


Lack of Major Gains in Hong Kong Would Be

Severe Disappointment to Poor People Worldwide, He Emphasizes