universality is strength of volunteerism, Secretary-General says

in message to mark international volunteer day

 

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on International Volunteer Day, observed on 5 December 2004:

Secretary-General, marking international day of disabled persons,

 

calls for changes in thinking about their place in society

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on the International Day of Disabled Persons, observed on 3 December 2004:

Secretary-General CALLS FOR CHANGE OF MINDSET AMONG BUSINESS LEADERS

IN REMARKS AT WALL STREET WORLD AIDS DAY EVENT

 

Corporate Programmes to Educate Workforce

Can Become Cornerstone of Global Prevention Campaign, He Stresses

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks at Wall Street World Aids Day in New York, today, 1 December 2004:

‘Slavery is not A THING OF the past’, Secretary-General reminds international

community, in message to mark International Day

 

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message for the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, observed on 2 December:

‘TELLING TALES’ ANTHOLOGY, AIMED AT RAISING FUNDS FOR ANTI-AIDS EFFORT, ‘INSPIRING

DISPLAY OF COMPASSION’, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL AT NEW YORK LAUNCH

Following are Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks at the event celebrating the publication of “Telling Tales” anthology, edited by Nadine Gordimer, in New York, 30 November:

I hesitate to speak in the presence of so many gifted wordsmiths.  But I will try anyway.

MILINDA GUNETILLEKE OF SRI LANKA AWARDED NINETEENTH LAW OF SEA FELLOWSHIP

Fellowship to Be Used for Study on Issues relating to Continental Margin

(Delayed in transmission.)

NEW YORK, 19 November (UN Office of Legal Affairs) -- Milinda Gunetilleke of Sri Lanka was awarded the nineteenth Hamilton Shirley Amerasinghe Fellowship on the Law of the Sea.

Security Council

5093^rd Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS UN OPERATION IN BURUNDI UNTIL 1 JUNE 2005,

UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTING RESOLUTION 1577 (2004)

 

PANAMA: UN WARNS FLOODING COULD CAUSE FOOD SHORTAGES

 

NEW YORK, 1 December (OCHA) -- The damage caused by recent flooding in Panama’s DarienProvince could cause severe food shortages in the next seven to eight months, United Nations humanitarian agencies report.

On World AIDS Day, General Assembly President calls for concrete,

 

coordinated action against pandemic

 

Following is the message by General Assembly President Jean Ping, on the occasion of World AIDS Day, 1 December:

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Plenary

64^th Meeting (AM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY CONCLUDES DEBATE ON PALESTINE, MIDDLE EAST

WITH ADOPTION OF SIX RESOLUTIONS