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Jean Ping briefs journalists

Assembly President pledges to work for agreement on Annan's UN reform proposals

10 April 2005
Addressing the conclusion of a three-day General Assembly meeting on Secretary-General Kofi Annan's sweeping reform package, the body's president has pledged all possible efforts to forge agreement among countries so that the proposals can be adopted when world leaders gather at the United Nations in September.
Malloch Brown (right) brief correspondents

Seeking momentum for Annan's reform package, UN introduces two new envoys

6 April 2005
As a sign of United Nations resolve to propel forward Secretary-General Kofi Annan's package of reforms before a summit meeting in September, two of the envoys he has appointed to take the message to world leaders vowed today to use the "unique moment" to help enact the "bold but achievable" agenda.

Annan appoints envoys to help promote reform agenda ahead of UN summit

4 April 2005
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today appointed four world political leaders to help him promote his reform ideas in the period leading up to a high-level General Assembly summit review of the Millennium Declaration in September.