SINCE UN’S CREATION, ROTARY HAS BEEN ‘WONDERFUL PARTNER’, SECRETARY-GENERAL

SAYS IN VIDEO MESSAGE TO ORGANIZATION’S CENTENNIAL CONVENTION

Following is the text of the video message by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan for the Rotary International Centennial Convention in Chicago, 18-22 June:

For the past 100 years, Rotary has been at the forefront of efforts to improve the lives of people around the world.

SECRETARY-GENERAL SERIOUSLY CONCERNED ABOUT FATE

 

OF UZBEK ASYLUM-SEEKERS IN KYRGYZSTAN

 

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

PROCUREMENT OFFICER UNDER INVESTIGATION RESIGNS FROM UNITED NATIONS

 

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES GENERAL ASSEMBLY’S HEARINGS

 

WITH CIVIL SOCIETY, NGOS, PRIVATE SECTOR

 

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES GOVERNMENT TO EXPEDITE ELECTORAL PROCESS

IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

 

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

‘WE ARE DETERMINED’ NOT TO LET IRAQI PEOPLE DOWN, SAYS

 

SECRETARY-GENERAL TO BRUSSELS PRESS CONFERENCE

Following are UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s opening remarks at a press conference at the International Conference on Iraq in Brussels, 22 June:

Today, I believe that Iraq and the international community have turned a page together.

BRUSSELS’ CONFERENCE ‘TURNING POINT’ IN IRAQ’S TRANSITION,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN CLOSING REMARKS

 

Following is UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s closing statement to the International Conference on Iraq in Brussels, 22 June:

This conference marks a watershed for Iraq.  A sovereign elected Government of Iraq has presented a comprehensive view of its future to the international community at large.

WORLD COMMUNITY MUST BE DEDICATED COMPANION FOR IRAQIS ON TOUGH ROAD

 

TO PEACE, DEMOCRACY, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL TO BRUSSELS CONFERENCE

 

Following is UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s opening statement to the International Conference on Iraq in Brussels, 22 June:

ILLEGAL DRUGS SOUND COLOURFUL, ENTICING, BUT LITTLE MORE THAN ‘TICKETS

 

TO A DEAD END’, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN INTERNATIONAL DAY MESSAGE

 

Following is UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, observed 26 June:

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRONGLY CONDEMNS MURDER OF GEORGE HAWI IN LEBANON

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