Secretary-General Kofi Annan travels tomorrow to Haiti and the Dominican Republic for an official visit during which he will hold talks with the political leadership of the Caribbean neighbours and senior officials and commanders from the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH).
Opening a new complex to house United Nations offices in Germany, Secretary-General Kofi Annan today praised the central role support for the world Organization has long played in German foreign policy.
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today called for next week’s Group of Eight Summit in Russia to focus on what energy security means for people living in developing countries and also to address the environmental consequences of energy consumption – especially the current “overwhelming and deeply entrenched reliance on fossil fuels.”
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan leaves this week for a five-nation trip to Africa, and then an official visit to Germany, during which he will attend the African Union (AU) Summit in Banjul, the Gambia, his spokesman announced today.
Mourning the passing of Professor Louis B. Sohn, Secretary-General Kofi Annan today paid tribute to the late educator, who was present at the founding of the world body.
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan will be in Europe from Sunday for a host of discussions and meetings, including addressing the inaugural gathering of the new Human Rights Council on 19 June and discussing the troubled state of nuclear non-proliferation at a Conference on Disarmament in Geneva.
As he enters the last six months of his tenure as United Nations Secretary-General, Kofi Annan today expressed optimism that divisions between Member States on reform of the world organization were healing, allowing a feared budget crisis to be avoided and letting both the reform, and the myriad of ongoing operations, to continue.
In the third of his lectures at Asian universities, Secretary-General Kofi Annan told Beijing students today that China’s engagement with the United Nations was essential as the world faces the challenges of achieving fair globalization, promoting multilateralism and protecting the human rights of all people in every country on earth.
Arriving in Beijing today on the third leg of an Asian trip, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan began his official visit to China with a meeting with President Hu Jintao that spilled over into a working banquet hosted by the Chinese leader in the Great Hall of the People.
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan headed to Asia from Vienna today after wrapping up a three-day visit to the Austrian capital, where he attended the Summit of Heads of State and Government of the European Union and Latin America and the Caribbean.
