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Secretary-General Kofi Annan today appointed Peter Sutherland, an international businessman whose decades of experience include heading the global body governing trade, to serve as his Special Representative for Migration.

Secretary-General Kofi Annan today applauded this week’s visit by the British Foreign Secretary to Cyprus, Greece and Turkey, saying it would “complement the active engagement of the United Nations” in trying to resolve the Cyprus issue.

As African leaders gathered in Sudan for a summit on culture and education, Secretary-General Kofi Annan saluted this agenda and pledged the assistance of the United Nations in advancing progress on these issues.

The senior United Nations envoy to Timor-Leste, the world’s newest nation, today called on the Security Council to authorize continued international support for the country after the end of the UN’s mandate there on 20 May.

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) today appealed to donors for more than $805 million to finance its emergency relief operations in 29 countries in crisis where youngsters are at risk of succumbing to violence, disease and malnutrition.

Describing the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Georgia as “critical for maintaining stability,” Secretary-General Kofi Annan today recommended that the Security Council extend its mandate in the troubled country for a further six months until 31 July 2006.

Mourning the death of the President of Kosovo, Ibrahim Rugova, members of the Security Council today urged the people of the province to peacefully conclude talks on its final status.

The top United Nations envoy for Iraq today congratulated the country’s president, Jalal Talabani, and the President of the Kurdistan Region, Masoud Barzani, for signing an agreement paving the way for a single administration in the Kurdish region of the violence-wracked country.

The United Nations Security Council today called on that the Government of Lebanon to make more progress in controlling its territory and disbanding militias, while also calling on Syria to cooperate with those efforts.

The United Nations special representative in Sudan is calling for the resumption of serious peace talks in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, between the Government of Sudan and its opponents in the western and eastern regions.