SENIOR UN OFFICIALS MEET WITH HIGH-LEVEL DELEGATION FROM COLOMBIA

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

IN MESSAGE TO ‘BIODIVERSITY 2005’, SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR RATIFICATION

OF BIODIVERSITY CONVENTION, BIOSAFETY PROTOCOL

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to “Biodiversity 2005” in Paris today, 24 January, delivered by Koichiro Matsuura, Director General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO):

‘SUCH AN EVIL MUST NEVER BE ALLOWED TO HAPPEN AGAIN’, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS

GENERAL ASSEMBLY SESSION COMMEMORATING LIBERATION OF NAZI DEATH CAMPS

Following is today’s statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the special session of the General Asse3mbly, commemorating the sixtieth anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi death camps:

Secretary-General stresses importance of international migration, academic freedom

 

in remarks to colloquium of university presidents

Following is the text of remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the plenary session of the Global Colloquium of University Presidents in New York on 19 January:

Once again, let me thank you all for being here.

There is still time to achieve millennium goals, Secretary-General says

 

at dinner for global colloquium of university presidents

He Underscores Need for Decisive Steps to Initiate Breakthrough This Year

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan remarks at a dinner for the Global Colloquium of University Presidents in New York, on 18 January:

Transcript of press conference by Secretary-General Kofi Annan

 

at United Nations headquarters, 19 January 2005

Secretary-General:  Mr. President, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen,

I want to thank the representatives of Australia, Canada, Israel, New Zealand, the Russian Federation and the United States for joining us at this press conference -– as well as Luxembourg, which represents the whole of the European Union.

Secretary-General stresses need to focus attention on security sector reform

in message to summit of Economic Community of West African States

He also Underscores Need to Continue Fight against Corruption, Impunity

TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI ANNAN

AT UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS, 18 JANUARY 2005

The Secretary-General:  Good morning.  Ladies and gentlemen, it is a great pleasure for me to meet you this morning with Ms. Ann Veneman.

TSUNAMI CONFIRMED INCREASING TOLL OF DEATHS FROM NATURAL DISASTERS,

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN MESSAGE TO KOBE WORLD CONFERENCE

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s video message to the World Conference on Disaster Reduction in Kobe, being held from 18 to 22 January:

Secretary-General, addressing General Assembly meeting on tsunami disaster,

underlines need to focus on longer-term recovery, reconstruction

Urging Unity in Healing Old Wounds, Long-Running Conflicts,

He Calls Moment Opportunity, Reminder to Address Other Emergencies