Secretary-General: Press Release

SECRETARY-GENERAL PRAISES POLITICAL COURAGE OF PRIME MINISTER SHARON

IN ISRAELI WITHDRAWAL FROM GAZA

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

WITHOUT VITAL ROLE OF NGOS, WORLD COULD HARDLY RESPOND TO MYRIAD CRISES,

UN SECRETARY-GENERAL ANNAN TELLS DPI/NGO CONFERENCE

Calls on NGOs to Assess Summit ’s Outcome Document

IN MESSAGE TO KINSHASA MEETING, SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR PROTECTING

FOREST HABITAT TO ENSURE GREAT APES’ SURVIVAL

IN MESSAGE TO HELSINKI CONFERENCE, SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR RESOLVE

‘TO TURN THE PROMISE OF COLLECTIVE SOLUTIONS INTO REALITY’

ADDRESSING PARLIAMENTARIANS, SECRETARY-GENERAL ANNAN SAYS WORLD SUMMIT IS CHANCE

To Implement Shared Vision for Development, Security, Human Rights, Reform

IN REMARKS TO ‘UNITED CITIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS’, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

LOCAL ACTION NEEDED TO ACHIEVE GLOBAL GOALS

Following is the text of today’s remarks, as delivered, by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan to “ United Cities and Local Governments” in New York:

UN CONSULTATIONS IN SRI LANKA MEANT TO REINFORCE NORWEGIAN EFFORTS

IN SUPPORT OF PEACE PROCESS

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

‘DRAMATIC SCALING UP OF ACTION’ NEEDED NOW TO REACH MILLENNIUM GOALS BY 2015,

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN STATEMENT ON LAUNCH OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT

Following is today’s statement by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the launch of the Human Development Report 2005:

IN STATEMENT TO SECURITY COUNCIL, SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES ‘VITAL IMPORTANCE’

OF UN MANAGEMENT REFORMS, INCLUDING CLEAR DEFINITION OF RESPONSIBILITIES

Following is today’s statement by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Security Council:

SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN RESOURCES NEEDED, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS

LONDON REPLENISHMENT MEETING OF GLOBAL FUND TO FIGHT AIDS

Following is today’s statement by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the replenishment meeting of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria in London: