SECRETARY-GENERAL REITERATES DETERMINATION TO BUILD GLOBAL, INCLUSIVE INFORMATION

SOCIETY, IN MESSAGE TO CEREMONY LAUNCHING DIGITAL SOLIDARITY FUND IN GENEVA

Following is the text of the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the ceremony marking the launch of the Digital Solidarity Fund, in Geneva, today, delivered by Sergei Ordzhonikidze, Director-General, United Nations Office at Geneva:

Secretary-General praises peter hansen’s ‘unflagging energy, commitment

 

and leadership’ in remarks to staff of palestine relief agency

Following are Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks to United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) staff in Jerusalem, 14 March:

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES UNITED KINGDOM’S AFRICA COMMISSION REPORTAS IMPORTANT

 

CONTRIBUTION TO WORLD’S ‘FOREMOST DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGE’

 

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s statement on the report of the Commission on Africa in New York, 11 March:

The United Nations welcomes this report of the Commission on Africa, established by the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

SECRETARY-GENERAL OFFERS GLOBAL STRATEGY FOR FIGHTING TERRORISM,

IN ADDRESS TO MADRIDSUMMIT

 

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s keynote address to the closing plenary of the International Summit on Democracy, Terrorism and Security, delivered today in Madrid, Spain:

Why have you invited me to speak here?  Because terrorism is a threat to all States, to all peoples, which can strike anytime, anywhere.

LIEUTENANT-GENERAL BABACAR GAYE APPOINTED NEW FORCE COMMANDER

 

OF UN ORGANIZATION MISSION IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

Secretary-General Kofi Annan Launches Global Strategy

 

Against Terrorism in Madrid

 

Agreement on Terrorism Convention, Respect for Human Rights,

Strengthening State Capacity to Prevent Terrorist Acts Key Elements of Strategy

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES VOLUNTARY SURRENDER TO INTERNATIONAL

TRIBUNAL BY KOSOVO’S FORMER PRIME MINISTER

 

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL PLEASED BOLIVIA AGREEMENT REACHED

THROUGH DIALOGUE, RESPECT FOR CONSTITUTION.

 

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

UN MUST LIVE UP TO OWN CHARTER PRINCIPLES ON EQUAL RIGHTS FOR MEN, WOMEN,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN REMARKS AT HEADQUARTERS WOMEN’S DAY EVENT

Following are Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks at the International Women’s Day event hosted by the Group on Equal Rights for Women in the United Nations, to honour the Manager of the Year, in New York, 8 March:

Thank you, Madam President, for those kind words.

BUSINESS COMMUNITY HAS ‘DIRECT STAKE’ IN HELPING WORLD REACH ANTI-POVERTY GOALS,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO SOUTH ASIA GLOBAL COMPACT MEETING

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the Global Compact Regional Conclave, in Jamshedpur, India, 8 March: