Annan hopes for news on Lebanon blockade
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi  Annan said on Tuesday he was hoping for "positive" news in the  next 48 hours on whether Israel would lift an air and sea  blockade on Lebanon.
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Secretary-General Kofi Annan appealed to U.N. member states to provide desperately needed U.N. peacekeeping troops for Lebanon and assured them the U.N. force would not "wage war" on Israel, Lebanon, or Hezbollah militants.
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The United States, Britain and France want U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to pursue ways to stop weapons flowing into Lebanon over the Syrian border, according to a draft U.N. statement on Tuesday.
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United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan said here he wished to return to Sri Lanka to "see all parts of the country" amid reports he had been blocked by the government from visiting rebel-held zones in the north.
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The Lebanese government decided on Tuesday to ask the United Nations to extend an ongoing inquiry into the killing of former prime minister Rafik al-Hariri, official sources said.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said   on Friday that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad had promised to   enforce an arms embargo on Hizbollah under a U.N. resolution   that halted Israel's war with the Lebanese group.
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A U.N. move to set up a tribunal for suspects in the killing of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri could spell more instability for Lebanon, Lebanese newspapers said on Thursday.
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The U.N. Security Council urged Syria on Tuesday to withdraw its remaining 14,000 troops from Lebanon and called for reports from U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan every six months on its compliance.
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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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DEAD SEA, Jordan  - U.N. Secretary-General Kofi   Annan on Thursday renewed his calls on Israel to lift a   blockade on Lebanon swiftly and to withdraw fully from the   country as soon as 5,000 U.N. peacekeepers are in the south.
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Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri will meet French President Jacques Chirac this week ahead of UN chief Kofi Annan's report on Syria's dominant role in Lebanon.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said   Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Sunday reaffirmed   support for a U.N. resolution on Lebanon and his determination   to negotiate an end to Tehran's nuclear standoff with the West.
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Syria has not complied with a Security Council demand to pull its troops out of Lebanon and says it is unable to give any indication of when it might do so, Secretary General Kofi Annan said today.
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Secretary-General Kofi Annan called Thursday for an immediate halt to the violence between Israel and Lebanon, saying a cease-fire would be the first step toward ending the escalating war.
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Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told a visiting U.N. envoy Tuesday that Israel will lift its air and sea blockade of Lebanon once an international peacekeeping force is deployed along Lebanon's borders.
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By Khaled Yacoub OweisDAMASCUS - U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan began talks with Syrian officials on Thursday to seek Syria's help in bolstering a truce between Israel and Lebanon's Hizbollah.Before arriving ...
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UN Secretary General Kofi Annan meets Syria's president to seek help in bolstering the truce in Lebanon.