Europe

Annan (right) with PM Tony Blair (file photo)

Annan congratulates UK's Blair on elections, looks forward to collaboration on UN reform

6 May 2005
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today expressed his warmest congratulations to Prime Minister Tony Blair on the results of the elections held Thursday in the United Kingdom.
Kofi Annan

Secretary-General to attend 60th anniversary of V-E Day

6 May 2005
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan heads to Moscow this weekend to participate in the commemoration of the sixtieth anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic War.
Kemal Dervis

General Assembly approves chiefs for development and internal oversight

5 May 2005
The United Nations General Assembly today approved a Turkish economist as the next Administrator of the UN Development Programme (UNDP) and a Swedish auditor as the new Under-Secretary-General for Internal Oversight Services, both recommended by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

UN atomic agency to test emergency preparedness with simulated accident in Romania

4 May 2005
Marshalling 60 governments and seven international agencies, the United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will test plans for handling a radiological emergency by simulating an accident at eastern Romania's Cernavoda nuclear power plant next week, the agency said today.

Security Council voices support for UN efforts in Georgian-Abkhaz conflict

4 May 2005
The members of the Security Council today voiced their continued support for United Nations efforts to build trust between the Georgian and Abkhaz sides for meaningful negotiations on a lasting political settlement to their conflict.

Encouraging signs Georgian and Abkhaz sides want conflict settled peacefully – UN report

2 May 2005
There have been encouraging signals from both the Georgian and Abkhaz sides of their interest in settling their conflict by peaceful means only, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan says in his latest report.

Annan urges funding for dramatic growth in aid to Chernobyl disaster victims

26 April 2005
On the nineteenth anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today appealed to the world to provide the necessary funds for a dramatic expansion of aid to help communities still suffering the effects of the catastrophy.

Turk chosen to head UN development agenda

26 April 2005
Choosing from over 100 nominations by Governments and other institutions, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today named a Turkish former World Bank executive, who was responsible for developing new poverty reduction strategies, to head the UN Development Programme (UNDP) for the next four years.

Annan congratulates newly elected Pope Benedict XVI

19 April 2005
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today congratulated Pope Benedict XVI on his assumption of the papacy and wished the new leader of the Catholic Church "every strength and courage as he takes on his formidable responsibilities."

Information technology must be used to promote development, Annan tells UN forum

13 April 2005
To make vital progress towards implementing internationally agreed development goals, it will be crucial to harness the potential created by the past decade's info-tech explosion, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan said today in his message to a global forum on using new technologies to boost education.