SECRETARY-GENERAL LAUNCHES ‘PRINCIPLES FOR RESPONSIBLE INVESTMENT’

BACKED BY WORLD’S LARGEST INVESTORS

International Funds Worth $2 Trillion

Announce Endorsement at New York Stock Exchange

IN MESSAGE TO UN SEMINAR, SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS ON PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY

TO ADHERE TO QUARTET PRINCIPLES; PLEDGES UN ASSISTANCE

 

IN MESSAGE FOR WORLD INFORMATION SOCIETY DAY, SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS

FOR INTERNATIONAL COUNTERMEASURES TO ENHANCE CYBERSECURITY

 

Following is UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on World Information Society Day, observed 17 May:

ON 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF CHERNOBYL DISASTER, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS GENEROUS SUPPORT

FOR TRAUMATIZED COMMUNITIES BEST WAY TO HONOUR VICTIMS

 

The following statement was issued by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the twentieth anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster:

Biographical Note

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS LEGWAILA JOSEPH LEGWAILA

OF BOTSWANA AS SPECIAL ADVISER ON AFRICA

The Secretary-General announced today the appointment of Legwaila Joseph Legwaila of Botswana as Special Adviser on Africa effective 1 May 2006.

Biographical Note

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan visited Macalester College, in St. Paul, Minnesota, on 22 April, where he gave an inaugural speech at the College’s newly created Institute for Global Citizenship.

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRONGLY CONDEMNS SRI LANKA SUICIDE BOMBING, SAYS

ESCALATING VIOLENCE COULD ENDANGER FRAGILE PEACE PROCESS

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

‘LET US HONOUR THE VICTIMS OF CHEMICAL WARFARE’ BY ELIMINATING DREADFUL WEAPONS,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE ON REMEMBRANCE DAY

Following is UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on the Remembrance Day for Victims of Chemical Warfare, observed 29 April:

SECRETARY-GENERAL SHOCKED AT DEATH, DESTRUCTION CAUSED BY EXPLOSION IN EGYPT

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