SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES UNITED STATES COMMITMENT OF $1 BILLION

TO FIGHT MALARIA IN AFRICA

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

‘LET US RESOLVE TO EMPOWER WOMEN AND GIRLS BY OUR COMMITMENT TO GENDER EQUALITY’,

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN MESSAGE FOR WORLD POPULATION DAY

Following is the text of the message by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan for World Population Day, 11 July 2005:

COOPERATIVES, MICROFINANCE CAN GIVE THOSE MOST IN NEED POWER TO IMPROVE

 

THEIR LIVES, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN INTERNATIONAL DAY MESSAGE

Following is UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on the United Nations International Day of Cooperatives, observed 2 July:

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES IVORIAN PARTIES TO FAITHFULLY IMPLEMENT PRETORIA AGREEMENT

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL UPDATES SECURITY COUNCIL ON OIL-FOR-FOOD INVESTIGATION;

 

DISCUSSION CONCERNS TIMETABLE, BUDGET, DOCUMENT REQUEST

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

2005 WORLD SUMMIT MUST TAKE BOLD STEPS TOWARD MAKING POVERTY HISTORY,

 

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN ADDRESS TO ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL

Following is UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s address to the High-Level Segment of the Economic and Social Council, in New York, 29 June:

‘ALL-OUT GLOBAL EFFORT’ NEEDED TO MEET ANTI-POVERTY GOALS BY 2015,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO ISLAMIC CONFERENCE SESSION

Following is UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the thirty-second session of the Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers, in Sana’a, 28-30 June, delivered by Ali Alatas, Envoy of the Secretary-General for the September 2005 Summit,:

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in London from Brussels on Wednesday evening, 22 June.

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in Brussels on 21 June, a day in advance of the International Conference on Iraq.

EUROPEAN UNION HAS KEY ROLE TO PLAY IN FURTHERING DEVELOPMENT PROCESS,

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN REMARKS TO EU LUNCHEON

Following is the text of today’s remarks by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the lunch hosted by the European Union, in conjunction with the General Assembly High-level Dialogue on Financing for Development: