GLOBALIZING WORLD OFFERS UNPARALLELED OPPORTUNITIES TO ACHIEVE GREATER EQUITY

THROUGH SUSTAINED, BALANCED GROWTH, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

Address to ECOSOCFocuses on Importance of Needs

Of Africa, Girls’ Education, Sustainable Development, Health Issues

Following is the address by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the High-level segment of the Economic and Social Council today:

‘THERE MUST BE NO RELENTING’ IN FIGHT AGAINST IMPUNITY, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

AS INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT ROME STATUTE COMES INTO FORCE

Following is the statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the entry into force of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, 1 July:

The Secretary-General arrived in Calgary, Alberta, on Wednesday, 26 June, en route to the Group of Eight summit.

REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH A KEY TOOL IN WIDER BATTLE AGAINST POVERTY,

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN POPULATION DAY MESSAGE

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan for World Population Day, 11 July:

WITH COMMITMENT, ‘GROUP OF 8’ SUMMIT COULD MARK TURNING POINT FOR AFRICA,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN REMARKS AT PRESS CONFERENCE IN CANADA

Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan at a Group of 8 (G-8) Press Conference in Kananaskis, Canada, on 27 June:

On Friday, 21 June, Secretary-General Kofi Annan travelled to Illinois where, that evening, he delivered the keynote address at Northwestern University’s 144^th commencement ceremonies in Evanston, just outside of Chicago.

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES HEARTFELT CONDOLENCES TO TANZANIAN PEOPLE,

GOVERNMENT AFTER YESTERDAY’S TRAIN DISASTER

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES ‘WIDEST POSSIBLE USE’ OF COOPERATIVE EXPERIENCE

IN SERVICE OF GLOBAL COMMUNITY

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annanon the occasion of the International Day of Cooperatives, 6 July:

SECRETARY-GENERAL OUTLINES COMMON CONCERNS FOR UN, ISLAMIC CONFERENCE

IN MESSAGE TO FOREIGN MINISTERS MEETING IN KHARTOUM

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the twenty-ninth session of the Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers in Khartoum, 25-27 June, delivered on his behalf, by Assistant Secretary-General Ibrahima Fall:

‘WE MUST NEVER FORGET’ CHERNOBYL TRAGEDY’S HUMAN DIMENSION, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

TO LAUNCH OF WEB SITE ON CATASTROPHE’S LONG-TERM CONSEQUENCES