SECRETARY-GENERAL INTRODUCES NEW HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES

AT HEADQUARTERS PRESS CONFERENCE

 

Following are UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks introducing the new United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, António Manuel de Oliveira Guterres, to the media, in New York, 27 June:

It’s a very great pleasure to introduce António Guterres, the new High Commissioner for Refugees.

IN MESSAGE TO SUSTAINABLE CITIES MEETING, SECRETARY-GENERAL HIGHLIGHTS IMPORTANCE

OF STRENGTHENING GOOD GOVERNANCE THROUGH PARTICIPATORY, INCLUSIVE MANAGEMENT

TODAY, ‘WE FACE NEW THREATS AND CHALLENGES, BUT ALSO NEW OPPORTUNITIES’,

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN VIDEO MESSAGE ON UN’S 60^TH ANNIVERSARY

Following is the text of the video message by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the 60^th Anniversary of the United Nations Charter, 26 June 2005:

Sixty years ago, in San Francisco, the representatives of 50 nations signed the United Nations Charter.

POVERTY NOT ONLY MUST BE DEFEATED, IT CAN BE, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS

GENERAL ASSEMBLY HIGH-LEVEL MEETING ON DEVELOPMENT FINANCING

Following is the text of remarks today by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the General Assembly High-Level Dialogue on Financing for Development:

It is a pleasure to welcome you to the United Nations.

SINCE UN’S CREATION, ROTARY HAS BEEN ‘WONDERFUL PARTNER’, SECRETARY-GENERAL

SAYS IN VIDEO MESSAGE TO ORGANIZATION’S CENTENNIAL CONVENTION

Following is the text of the video message by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan for the Rotary International Centennial Convention in Chicago, 18-22 June:

For the past 100 years, Rotary has been at the forefront of efforts to improve the lives of people around the world.

PROHIBITION OF TORTURE IS ABSOLUTE, NON-NEGOTIABLE, SECRETARY-GENERAL

 

SAYS IN MESSAGE FOR INTERNATIONAL DAY

 

Following is the message by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the International Day in Support for Victims of Torture, 26 June:

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEEPLY SADDENED AT DEATH OF SISSEL EKAAS,

FORMER DEPUTY SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE

 

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL PLEASED AT JOINT COMMITMENT BY SRI LANKA GOVERNMENT,

LIBERATION TIGERS OF TAMIL ELAM TO REBUILDING TSUNAMI-AFFECTED AREAS

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

‘WE ARE DETERMINED’ NOT TO LET IRAQI PEOPLE DOWN, SAYS

 

SECRETARY-GENERAL TO BRUSSELS PRESS CONFERENCE

Following are UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s opening remarks at a press conference at the International Conference on Iraq in Brussels, 22 June:

Today, I believe that Iraq and the international community have turned a page together.

BRUSSELS’ CONFERENCE ‘TURNING POINT’ IN IRAQ’S TRANSITION,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN CLOSING REMARKS

 

Following is UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s closing statement to the International Conference on Iraq in Brussels, 22 June:

This conference marks a watershed for Iraq.  A sovereign elected Government of Iraq has presented a comprehensive view of its future to the international community at large.