SECRETARY-GENERAL CONGRATULATES POPE BENEDICT XVI, WISHES HIM

STRENGTH, COURAGE IN ASSUMING RESPONSIBILITIES

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

The Secretary-General congratulates His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI on his assumption of the papacy.  His Holiness brings a wealth of experience to this exalted office.

SECRETARY-GENERAL NOTES ELECTION OUTCOME IN NORTHERN CYPRUS, WELCOMES

 

RENEWED EVIDENCE OF COMMITMENT TO PEACEFUL RESOLUTION

 

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES DIALOGUE TO RESOLVE ECUADOR’S CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS

The following statement was issued on Saturday, 16 April, by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General is following with concern the latest developments in Ecuador.  The present crisis may aggravate an already unstable situation.

‘PIECES IN PLACE’ ON GLOBAL DEAL TO PROMOTE DEVELOPMENT, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN REMARKS TO HEADQUARTERS PANEL

 

Following are UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks to the panel of finance and development cooperation ministers and experts, held as part of the Commission on Sustainable Development, in New York, 18 April:

UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE WORLD FREER, FAIRER, SAFER ‘MUST NOT BE MISSED’,

 

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN REMARKS TO FINANCE OFFICALS IN WASHINGTON

 

Following are Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks at a dinner with International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank Committees, in Washington, D.C., on Saturday 16 April:

EXPECTATIONS OF MOMENTOUS DECISIONS HIGH, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

AT OPENING OF HIGH-LEVEL ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL MEETING

There Is Widespread ‘If Not Now, When?’ Feeling, He Tells

World Bank, International Monetary Fund, World Trade Organization Delegates

Following is UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s opening statement at the special high-level meeting of the Economic and Social Council, in New York, today, 18 April:

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES JOINT STATEMENT BY LEADERS OF INDIA, PAKISTAN

 

Following is a statement attributable to the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE TO JOINT PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY, URGES

MEMBERS TO PLAY THEIR PART TOWARDS MEETING MILLENNIUM GOALS

Citizens Want to See Effective Multilateral

Action to Meet Challenges of Our Time, He Tells Their Representatives

ROBUST CAPACITY-BUILDING VITAL FOR RULE-OF-LAW ASSISTANCE TO POST-CONFLICT

SOCIETIES, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN MESSAGE TO CRIME PREVENTION CONGRESS

Creation of Dedicated Assistance Unit Will Help

Societies Emerging from Instability, He Tells Bangkok Meeting

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS VIOLENCE AGAINST UN PERSONNEL,

 

FOLLOWING KILLING OF PEACEKEEPER IN HAITI

 

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