‘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

 

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in Nairobi, Kenya, from Istanbul, Turkey, in the afternoon of Tuesday, 14 November.  He would address the high-level segment of the United Nations Climate Change Conference the following morning.

SECRETARY-GENERAL COMMENDS GLOBAL CONSORTIUM ON BEHALF OF TSUNAMI VICTIMS;

PAYS TRIBUTE TO SPECIAL ENVOY BILL CLINTON, ‘DRIVING FORCE’ BEHIND GROUP

Secretary-General welcomes provisional results in Democratic Republic of Congo

 

elections; Urges all parties to remain calm, refrain from any violence

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

citing ‘frightening lack of leadership’ on climate change, Secretary-General

calls phenomenon an all-encompassing threat in address to nairobi talks

 

Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in the late afternoon on Sunday, 12 November, in Istanbul, Turkey, after a brief stopover in Zurich, Switzerland. Turkey would be the first stop in a four-nation visit that would also take him to Kenya, Ethiopia and Switzerland.

In message for international day, Secretary-General calls for creation

 

of environment ‘where violence against women is not tolerated’

 

Receiving honour in Kenya, Secretary-General stresses need to prevent

country-specific problems from becoming regional issues

 

ACCESS TO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGy CREATES OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL, ESPECIALLY PERSONS

WITH DISABILITIES, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN OBSERVANCE OF DISABLED PERSONS DAY

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