Annan offer to mediate accepted
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UN chief Kofi Annan is to help mediate in negotiations to free two Israeli soldiers captured by Hezbollah.
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UNITED NATIONS, Dec 4: Although UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan received unqualified support from most of the 191 member states of the United Nations, UN officials and diplomats fear that
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UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan is planning to carry on in his job, despite calls by some US lawmakers and news organizations for his resignation.
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Former U.N. chief Kofi Annan launched formal mediation efforts on Tuesday to end the post-election crisis in Kenya, where the killing of an opposition legislator stoked bloody protests.
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UN Secretary General Kofi Annan is to urge the US to work with other nations rather than acting unilaterally.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said   on Monday he would appoint a secret negotiator to mediate   between Israel and Hizbollah for the release of two Israeli   soldiers seized in July.
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U.N. chief Kofi Annan said Monday he would appoint a mediator for indirect talks between Israel and Hezbollah on the release of two abducted Israeli soldiers, the first public word of negotiations between the bitter enemies since fighting in Lebanon ended.
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Diplomats from several countries have expressed support for the United Nations Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, after a call for his resignation over the UN role in the Iraq Oil-for-Food programme.
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Former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan met Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki on Thursday to try to end a crisis over the nation's disputed election, after having persuaded the opposition to call off street protests.
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The United States is leaving open the option of pushing for UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan to step down, amid calls from US lawmakers for his resignation.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan met Friday with the Syrian president to seek his support for carrying out a resolution that halted the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah guerrillas in neighboring Lebanon.
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US envoy John Danforth publicly backed United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan, saying ``we are expressing confidence in the secretary-general and his continuing in office&#39;&#39; to end
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Kofi Annan, the former head of the UN, will today provide details of a peace deal aimed at restoring Kenya's stability after weeks of deadly violence
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The son of Kofi Annan, the United Nations Secretary-General, lobbied for business contacts at gatherings of UN officials on behalf of a company in the same year as it won an oil-for-food programme deal, it has emerged.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan won   a pledge from Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Friday to   help implement a U.N. resolution that halted fighting between   Israel and Lebanon's Hizbollah group, a spokesman said.
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Former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan moves Kenya's mediation talks from the capital to a secret location.
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UNITED NATIONS, New York For years, Kofi Annan was seen at the United Nations as a Mandela-like figure, a statesman who brought a serene sense of personal confidence and institutional steadiness to the task of settling conflict and a person frequently