GENEVA EMBODIES WHAT UN STANDS FOR -- AN INTERSECTION OF TOLERANCE, PEACE, DEMOCRACY,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL ON ACCEPTING PRIZE OF FONDATION POUR GENÈVE

SECRETARY-GENERAL, AT INAUGURATION OF NEW UNAIDS/WHO HEADQUARTERS, SAYS

BUILDING WILL STRENGTHEN GLOBAL RESPONSE AGAINST KILLER DISEASES

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks at the inauguration of the new UNAIDS/ WHO Building in Geneva today, 20 November:

SECRETARY-GENERAL, ADDRESSING REVIEW CONFERENCE, CALLS FOR STEPS TOWARDS ENSURING

CONVENTION’S CONTINUED EFFECTIVENESS AS BARRIER AGAINST BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS

SECRETARY-GENERAL, RECEIVING SCHMIDHEINY FREEDOM PRIZE, PROPOSES INITIATIVE

TO EXPAND BENEFITS OF BIOTECHNOLOGY, MITIGATE RISKS

 

SECRETARY-GENERAL DISCUSSES LEBANON DEVELOPMENTS WITH PRESIDENTS OF IRAN, SYRIA

 

The following statement was issued on Saturday, 18 November, by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on Wednesday afternoon, November 15, from Nairobi, Kenya.

Contemporary Forms of Slavery Flourishing, says Secretary-General

 

In message for international day

 

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

IN MESSAGE MARKING AFRICA INDUSTRIALIZATION DAY, SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS

FOR SUSTAINED DRIVE TO EXPAND, DIVERSIFY CONTINENT’S ECONOMIC BASE

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on Africa Industrialization Day, to be observed on 20 November:

‘LET’S STEP FORWARD AND CLAIM THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY AS AFRICA’S CENTURY,’

 

AFRICA FALLING BEHIND IN RACE TO REACH ANTI-POVERTY GOALS BUT FOCUS, COMMITMENT

 

CAN TURN SITUATION AROUND, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL TO Africa DEVELOPMENT FORUM