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UN experts urge Spain to do more to ensure justice for relatives of disappeared persons

30 September 2013
The Spanish Government must accelerate its response to thousands of cases of enforced disappearances committed during its civil war and dictatorship years ago, a group of United Nations experts said today, stressing these crimes should not go unpunished.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (centre) and Crown Prince Felipe of Spain inaugurate the UN Support Base in Valencia. Mrs. Ban is at right

Ban inaugurates modern UN communications hub in Valencia, Spain

6 July 2011
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today inaugurated a new United Nations information and telecommunications facility in the Spanish city of Valencia, saying the centre will enhance the world body’s capacity to respond in an agile and efficient manner to crises around the world.

Security Council condemns terrorist attacks in Spain

24 September 2008
The Security Council today condemned in the strongest terms recent deadly terrorist attacks in Spain and urged all States to cooperate with the Spanish authorities in bringing the culprits to trial.
Kofi Annan

Granted Seville culture award, Annan donates proceeds to project helping women

10 April 2006
In Spain today, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan accepted the first Seville Node between Cultures Award, and immediately pledged to donate the accompanying monetary prize to a project helping Congolese women traumatized by sexual violence.
Kofi Annan

Annan welcomes Spanish police contribution for Haiti, assistance in DR Congo

6 April 2006
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan, who is on an official visit to Spain, welcomed a decision by Madrid today to commit Spanish police officers to the UN operation in Haiti as well as its support for a Rapid Reaction Force that will back up the UN’s mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as the impoverished African country heads toward expected elections in June.

UN Secretary-General calls on Basque group to honour permanent ceasefire in Spain

24 March 2006
Welcoming a decision by the Basque organization ETA to declare a permanent ceasefire, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan called on Thursday for the honouring of this commitment so as to put an end to years of bloody violence in Spain.

UN refugee agency asks states to respect access to asylum

2 September 2005
The United Nations refugee agency today expressed consternation over the reported death earlier this week of a 17-year-old boy from Cameroon in the Spanish North African enclave of Melilla and said all governments need to ensure that their immigration policies are carried out with respect for human rights.
Annan speaking to the press

Annan deplores ‘senseless’ bomb blasts in Spain

11 March 2004
Reacting to news of several bomb blasts in Spain this morning, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today reiterated his stance that there is no justification for targeting civilians, and said the perpetrators must to be held to account for their crimes.
Ambassador de Pinies

Annan mourns former UN Assembly President and long-time Spanish Ambassador

30 December 2003
Secretary-General Kofi Annan today mourned the death of Ambassador Jaime de Pinies, a veteran diplomat from Spain and former President of the United Nations General Assembly.
Distributing breakfast to asylum seekers in Ceuta

UN refugee agency alarmed by conditions in Spanish enclave in North Africa

21 November 2003
The United Nations refugee agency has expressed concern to Spain over the "extremely poor conditions" it says asylum seekers must endure in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta in northern Africa.