Secretary-General: Press Release

DEMOCRATIZATION, DEVELOPMENT GO HAND IN HAND, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

IN REMARKS TO SUMMIT OF FRENCH-SPEAKING HEADS OF STATE, GOVERNMENT

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL HOLDS TALKS ON WAY FORWARD IN C ÔTE D’IVOIRE

The following press communiqué was issued after the Secretary-General’s meeting with President Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria and the African Union Mediator for Côte d’Ivoire, President Thabo Mbeki of South Africa, today in New York:

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPLAUDS NEW METHODS OF RAISING DEVELOPMENT FUNDS

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

UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS ENSHRINES RIGHT OF ALL TO CHOOSE

THEIR OWN RULERS, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS UN DEMOCRACY FUND EVENT

Urge for Democratization Must Spring from People of Each Nation, He Says

SECRETARY-GENERAL SADDENED BY DEADLY BAGHDAD ATTACKS

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

TERRORISM DIRECTLY ATTACKS VALUES FOR WHICH UNITED NATIONS STANDS, SAYS

SECRETARY-GENERAL IN STATEMENT TO SECURITY COUNCIL SUMMIT

He Cites Rule of Law, Protection of Civilians, Peaceful

Resolution of Conflicts, Mutual Respect among Different Faiths, Cultures

LEADERSHIP NEEDED TO IMPLEMENT SUMMIT DECISIONS, SECRETARY-GENERAL

TELLS GENERAL ASSEMBLY MEETING ON FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT

It’s a Matter of Morality, Security, Enlightened Self-interest, He Stresses

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES REFORM PROCESS FORWARD IN WORLD SUMMIT ADDRESS,

SAYING ‘WE STAND OR FALL TOGETHER’ IN FACING CRUCIAL CHALLENGES

Following is UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s address to the 2005 World Summit in New York, 14 September:

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in London on Sunday, 4 September, to attend the Replenishment Meeting of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.

TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI ANNAN

AT UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS, 13 SEPTEMBER 2005

The Secretary-General:  Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen.  Let me also apologize for the delay, but I suspect you all knew what was happening, and it wasn’t in my hands.