55/277 GA
55
Session
| Draft symbol | A/55/L.87 |
|---|---|
| Adopted symbol | 55/277 |
| UN Document | 55/277 ↗ |
Vote Consensus — A/55/PV.105
Speeches following this vote (17)
The President
I have the honour to announce that His Excellency Mr. Kofi Annan has been appointed Secretary-General of the United Nations by acclamation for a second term of office, beginning on 1 January 2002 and ending on 31 December 2006.
I request the Chief of Protocol to escort the Secretary-General, Mr. Kofi Annan, into the General Assembly Hall.
The President
I have the honour to inform you officially, Sir, that the General Assembly has appointed you Secretary-General of the United Nations for a second term of office, beginning 1 January 2002 and ending on 31 December 2006.
I now invite His Excellency Mr. Kofi Annan to make a statement.
The Secretary-General
I am deeply honoured by the decision you have just taken. Let me thank the President of the Security Council — my good friend, Ambassador Anwarul Karim Chowdhury — for proposing my reappointment, and to thank all of you for the great honour you have done me.
When your predecessors re-appointed Dag Hammarskjöld to a second term, in 1957, he said that no one could accept the position of Secretary-…
The President
I thank the Secretary-General, His Excellency Mr. Kofi Annan, for his statement.
In my capacity as President of the General Assembly, it is an honour and my personal pleasure to warmly congratulate you, Mr. Secretary-General, on your reappointment. The membership has demonstrated its strong support for and trust in your second term in office, especially by taking such a timely decision on this m…
Mr. Mbanefo
I feel particularly proud and privileged to speak today on behalf of the African Group.
We have today unanimously re-elected the Secretary-General, Mr. Kofi Annan, for another term of five years to run from 1 January 2002 to 31 December 2006. We have done so mindful of the qualities we all expect of the Secretary-General of our Organization and the quintessential credentials of Mr. Kofi Annan, f…
The President
I give the floor to the representative of Oman, Mr. Fuad Mubarak Al-Hinai, on behalf of the Group of Asian States.
Mr. Al-Hinai
On this historic day, I am grateful for the honour bestowed upon me as Chairman of the Group of Asian States to express our congratulations to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Mr. Kofi Annan, on his reappointment.
The Member States of the Asian Group have unwaveringly favoured the enhancement of United Nations activities on the basis of its Charter, and in this regard they recognize …
The President
I now give the floor to the representative of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mr. Husein Zivalj, on behalf of the Group of Eastern European States.
Mr. Zivalj
It is my profound honour and privilege as Permanent Representative of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Chairman of the Group of Eastern European States to
address the General Assembly on behalf on the Group on this important occasion. It is also with great pleasure that we extend our warmest congratulations to Mr. Kofi Annan on his appointment to the post of Secretary-General of the United Nations for…
The President
I give the floor to the representative of El Salvador, His Excellency Mr. José Roberto Andino Salazar, who will speak on behalf of the Latin American and Caribbean States.
The President
I call on the representative of Spain, His Excellency Mr. Inocencio F. Arias, who will speak on behalf of the Group of Western European and other States.
Mr. Arias
Occupying the presidency of the Group of Western European and other States brings with it the special honour today of warmly congratulating the Secretary-General on his reelection to a second term.
The unanimous support shown by the regional Groups reflects the recognition of the various qualities that have characterized Mr. Kofi Annan’s work: first, his courage and determination in stressing th…
The President
I call on the representative of Saudi Arabia, His Excellency Mr. Fawzi Bin Abdul
Majeed Shobokshi, who will speak on behalf of the Group of Arab States.
Mr. Shobokshi
We appreciate the efforts of the Secretary-General to settle disputes by peaceful means and to consolidate the tenets of international peace and security, and we wish to recognize his contribution to the establishment of a just peace in the Middle East on the basis of international legitimacy and the implementation of the relevant Security Council resolutions.
At the Arab Summit held in Amman, t…
The President
I call on the representative of the United States of America, His Excellency Mr. James B. Cunningham, who will speak on behalf of the host country.
Mr. Cunningham
On behalf of the United States of America, in its role as host country to the United Nations, I warmly welcome the reappointment of Mr. Kofi Annan as Secretary- General of the United Nations. As members may recall, President Bush heartily endorsed Mr. Annan’s second term as Secretary-General on the occasion of their first meeting, in March. My Government is especially pleased that the Secretary-G…
The President
We have heard the last speaker in the debate on this item. We have thus concluded our consideration of agenda item 187.
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