Secretary-General calls for renewed efforts to end torture

 

in all its forms, in international day message

 

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, observed on 26 June:

EVERYONE MUST PLAY THEIR PART IN FIGHT AGAINST DRUG ABUSE, ILLICIT TRAFFICKING,

 

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN INTERNATIONAL DAY MESSAGE

 

Biographical Note

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS ABDULLAH SALEH MBAMBA of United Republic of Tanzania

DIRECTOR OF UN INFORMATION CENTRE IN CANBERRA

 

SECRETARY-GENERAL ‘GREATLY APPRECIATES’ OFFERS BY DENMARK, JAPAN

 

TO PROVIDE AIR SUPPORT TO UNITED NATIONS IN IRAQ

 

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

Non-Proliferation Treaty facing twin crisis of compliance, confidence,

Secretary-General says in address to conference on disarmament

Citing ‘Self-Defeating’ Arguments, He Stresses

Urgent Need for Immediate End to Prolonged Impasse in Organ’s Work

SECRETARY-GENERAL ‘DEEPLY DEPLORES’ KILLING OF THREE CHILDREN IN GAZA,

RESULTING FROM ISRAELI TARGETING OF ALLEGED MILITANTS

 

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

Secretary-General welcomes signing of agreement of principles for peace in Burundi

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

Secretary-General welcomes transfer of charles taylor to Netherlands

 

to stand trial before special court for sierra leone

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

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in Copenhagen, Denmark, in the morning of Sunday, 18 June, to attend the World Food Programme’s (WFP) biennial Global Meeting.

YOUNG VOICES CAN HOLD WORLD LEADERS TO MILLENNIUM GOALS COMMITMENTS,

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN MESSAGE TO EUROPEAN YOUTH SUMMIT

 

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the European Youth Leadership Summit, held in Vienna from 19 – 21 June: