SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN INTERNATIONAL DAY MESSAGE, CALLS FOR INVESTMENT IN POVERTY

REDUCTION, DISASTER PREVENTION, AFTER YEAR OF PROFOUND LESSONS

Following is UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on the International Day for Disaster Reduction, to be observed on 12 October:

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRONGLY CONDEMNS ATTACKS IN BALI

The following statement was issued on 1 October by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

Secretary-General appalled by series of Baghdad bombings,

 

Urges Iraqis not to be deterred by violence

 

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL ALARMED BY ESCALATING DARFUR VIOLENCE

The following statement is attributable to the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

IN MESSAGE TO MARK UNITED NATIONS DAY, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS ORGANIZATION

MUST REFLECT NEW AGE, RESPOND TO ITS CHALLENGES

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on United Nations Day, to be observed on 24 October:

LANGUAGE UNITING FRANCOPHONE COMMUNITY INSTRUMENT OF SOLIDARITY, BASIS FOR ALLIANCE

SEEKING JUSTICE, PEACE, DEVELOPMENT, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

(Delayed for translation of text, originally delivered in French.)

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS DR. DAVID NABARRO AS SENIOR

UN SYSTEM COORDINATOR FOR AVIAN AND HUMAN INFLUENZA

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has appointed Dr. David Nabarro as Senior United Nations System Coordinator for Avian and Human Influenza.

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN REMARKS AT MEMORIAL CEREMONY, SAYS WIESENTHAL CONVINCED HIM

OF NEED TO KEEP UNITED NATIONS AT CENTRE OF STRUGGLE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS, DIGNITY

He Expresses Support for Establishing International Day of Holocaust Commemoration

IN MESSAGE TO MARK WORLD HABITAT DAY, SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES IMPORTANCE

OF PRO-POOR, PARTICIPATORY URBAN DEVELOPMENT IN LINE WITH HUMAN RIGHTS

Evictions, Demolitions No Answer to Challenges of Urbanization, He Says

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE TO ASIAN CONFERENCE ON DISASTER REDUCTION,

UNDERSCORES NEED FOR SUSTAINED POLITICAL, FINANCIAL COMMITMENT

Sustainable Development also Needed to Reduce Vulnerability, He Says