Eminent economist and United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs Nitin Desai has been appointed as Secretary-General Kofi Annan's Special Adviser for the World Summit on Information Society in December.
"I am still examining certain options and I am not yet ready to go public with any of them, but I am looking forward to new professional challenges," he said, and declared, "To live is to embrace change. That's my approach to all of this."
A remark by James Bone of The Times, London -- 'Your version of events don't really make sense' -- provoked Annan.
Stressing that merely stockpiling antiviral medicines does not constitute a strategy, Annan said, currently, it is not known whether the present strain of avian flu will cause a human pandemic.
Japan and its allies will keep pushing to achieve UN Security Council reform by September, Japan's UN ambassador has said.
External Affairs Minister K Natwar Singh maintained that India will demand veto power if it gets the permanent seat in the Security Council.
The United Nations secretary general also sought international assistance to contain the epidemic, which was killing 8,000 people daily.
India, which came out of the nuclear closet in 1998 conducting five tests, has resisted signing CTBT describing it as discriminatory.
Annan had intended to visit the disaster-hit areas but was told by the government to postpone the trip as it was focused on relief and rescue operations.
The open-air requiem mass is expected to begin at 1330 IST.
This is a major blow to US efforts to involve the international community in rebuilding Iraq.
The move follows a devastating suicide bombing in Israel and a retaliatory air strike against Syria.
The UN secretary-general said the rich only made promises, never came good on them.
"There's no doubt that this has been a particularly difficult year and I am relieved that this annus horribilis is coming to an end," the UN secretary general said.
Since his own retirement from leading a country in 2000, Clinton has established a foundation campaigning on issues such as the fight against HIV/Aids.
I have lived in Switzerland without feeling Swiss, I have lived in Singapore without feeling Singaporean, he told an Australian daily
Striking a strident posture, the US defence secretary said disarmament is not an issue between Iraq and the United Nations, but between Iraq and the US.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Ross Mountain will replace Sergio Vieirra De Mello who was killed in a suicide attack on the UN headquarters in Baghdad on August 19.
In his message, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said the Pope was 'a strong force for critical self-evaluation by the Church itself'.
'We want the UN to play a role, and it is a part of our plan in moving forward,' he said.
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