THE SECRETARY-GENERAL 26 December 2006 Dear Mr. Mehlis, c As I prepare to finish my term as Secretary-General, I take this opportunity to thank you for your support over the past ten years. I am deeply grateful that I have been able to count on your services as Commisioner and later as Special Adviser for UNIIIC during this eventful decade. When I took office, I felt that humanity faced three main challenges. One was to ensure that globalization would benefit all the world's people. Another was to heal the disorder of the post-cold-war world. Third was to protect the rights and dignity of individuals. We have made important gains in each of these quests. Advances on aid and debt relief are helping to render the world economy less unjust. The world is finally scaling up its response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic. There are fewer inter-State conflicts than there used to be, and many civil wars have ended. More Governments are elected by, and are accountable to, those whom they govern. And the international community has recognized a responsibility to protect people from genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity. Still, much more needs to be done. The Millennium Development Goals are unlikely to be achieved everywhere by 2015. People still face brutal conflicts, especially in the developing world. There is a serious danger of a widespread proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. Terrorism continues to take lives and create an atmosphere of fear and suspicion. And action on climate change remains terribly inadequate. Mr. Detlev Mehlis Berlin 1VH1N30 / OS01 iliOZ 8 - NVP My successor will have to contend with a full and urgent agenda, including some of the management reforms and other steps I have set in motion. I trust you will give Secretary-General Designate Ban Ki-moon your full support, as you have done for me. For my part,.I will leave office glad to have enjoyed the benefit of your friendship and advice, and above all, heartened to know Qf your commitment to the indispensable Organization I have been proud to serve for so long. Yours sincerely, Kofi A. Annan THE SECRETARY-GENERAL 26 December 2006 Dear Mr. Dumas, As I prepare to finish my term as Secretary-General, I take this opportunity to thank you for your support over the past ten years. I am deeply grateful that I have been able to count on your services as my Special Advisor on Haiti during this eventful decade. When I took office, I felt that humanity faced three main challenges. One was to ensure that globalization would benefit all the world's people. Another was to heal the disorder of the post-cold-war world. Third was to protect the rights and dignity of individuals. We have made important gains in each of these quests. Advances on aid and debt relief are helping to render the world economy less unjust. The world is finally scaling up its response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic. There are fewer inter-State conflicts than there used to be, and many civil wars have ended. More Governments are elected by, and are accountable to, those whom they govern. And the international community has recognized a responsibility to protect people from genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity. Still, much more needs to be done. The Millennium Development Goals are unlikely to be achieved everywhere by 2015. People still face brutal conflicts, especially in the developing world. There is a serious danger of a widespread proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. Terrorism continues to take lives and create an atmosphere of fear and suspicion. And action on climate change remains terribly inadequate. Mr. John Reginald Dumas Scarborough My successor will have to contend with a full and urgent agenda, including some of the management reforms and other steps I have set in motion. I trust you will give Secretary-General Designate Ban Ki-moon your full support, as you have done for me. For my part, I will leave office glad to have enjoyed the benefit of your friendship and advice, and above all, heartened to know q.f your commitment to the indispensable Organization I have been proud to serve for so long. Yours sincerely, Kofi A. Annan THE SECRETARY-GENERAL 26 December 2006 Dear Mr. van Walsum, As I prepare to finish my term as Secretary-General, I take this opportunity to thank you for your support over the past ten years. I am deeply grateful that I have been able to count on your services as my Personal Envoy for Western Sahara during this eventful decade. When I took office, I felt that humanity faced three main challenges. One was to ensure that globalization would benefit all the world's people. Another was to heal the disorder of the post-cold-war world. Third was to protect the rights and dignity of individuals. We have made important gains in each of these quests. Advances on aid and debt relief are helping to render the world economy less unjust. The world is finally scaling up its response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic. There are fewer inter-State conflicts than there used to be, and many civil wars have ended. More Governments are elected by, and are accountable to, those whom they govern. And the international community has recognized a responsibility to protect people from genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity. Still, much more needs to be done. The Millennium Development Goals are unlikely to be achieved everywhere by 2015. People still face brutal conflicts, especially in the developing world. There is a serious danger of a widespread proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. Terrorism continues to take lives and create an atmosphere of fear and suspicion. And action on climate change remains terribly inadequate. Mr. Peter van Walsum Personal Envoy of the Secretary-General for Western Sahara The Hague My successor will have to contend with a full and urgent agenda, including some of the management reforms and other steps I have set in motion. I trust you will give Secretary-General Designate Ban Ki-moon your full support, as you have done for me. For my part, I will leave office glad to have enjoyed the benefit of your friendship and advice, and above all, heartened to know of your commitment to the indispensable Organization I have been proud to serve for so long. Yours sincerely, JCofi A. Annan THE SECRETARY-GENERAL 26 December 2006 Dear Mr. Halbwachs, As I prepare to finish my term as Secretary-General, I take this opportunity to thank you for your support over the past ten years. I am deeply grateful that I have been able to count on your services as Assistant Secretary-General and United Nations Controller as well as my Representative to the International Advisory and Monitoring Board (IAMB) during this eventful decade. When I took office, I felt that humanity faced three main challenges. One was to ensure that globalization would benefit all the world's people. Another was to heal the disorder of the post-cold-war world. Third was to protect the rights and dignity of individuals. We have made important gains in each of these quests. Advances on aid and debt relief are helping to render the world economy less unjust. The world is finally scaling up its response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic. There are fewer inter-State conflicts than there used to be, and many civil wars have ended. More Governments are elected by, and are accountable to, those whom they govern. And the international community has recognized a responsibility to protect people from genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity. Still, much more needs to be done. The Millennium Development Goals are unlikely to be achieved everywhere by 2015. People still face brutal conflicts, especially in the developing world. There is a serious danger of a widespread proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. Terrorism continues to take lives and create an atmosphere of fear and suspicion. And action on climate change remains terribly inadequate. Mr. Jean-Pierre Halbwachs Representative of the Secretary-General to the International Advisory and Monitoring Board (IAMB) New York My successor will have to contend with a full and urgent agenda, including some of the management reforms and other steps I have set in motion. I trust you will give Secretary-General Designate Ban Ki-moon your full support, as you have done for me. For my part, I will leave office glad to have enjoyed the benefit of your friendship and advice, and above all, heartened to know of your commitment to the indispensable Organization I have been proud to serve for so long. Yours sincerely, -KofrA. Annan THE SECRETARY-GENERAL 26 December 2006 Dear Ms. Sadik, As I prepare to finish my term as Secretary-General, I take this opportunity to thank you for your support over the past ten years. I am deeply grateful that I have been able to count on your services as Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund and as my Special Adviser/Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Asia during this eventful decade. When I took office, I felt that humanity faced three main challenges. One was to ensure that globalization would benefit all the world's people. Another was to heal the disorder of the post-cold-war world. Third was to protect the rights and dignity of individuals. We have made important gains in each of these quests. Advances on aid and debt relief are helping to render the world economy less unjust.