educating girls on protection a necessity, not an option, Secretary-General

stresses in remarks to world aids day event

 

Real, Positive Change Will Allow Women to Play

Their Role Fully in Struggle against HIV/AIDS, He Says

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks at the World AIDS Day event at the Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine in New York, yesterday, 1 December:

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES RECOMMENDATIONS ON MORE

 

SECURE WORLD, STRENGTHENED UNITED NATIONS

 

NEW YORK, 2 December -- United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today gave strong support to an eagerly awaited report on meeting the world’s new and evolving security threats, presented to him this morning by the chairman of an independent panel, former Prime Minister Anand Panyarachun of Thailand.

ACTIVITIES OF SECRETARY-GENERAL IN BURKINA FASO, INCLUDING

 

BRIEF STOPOVERS IN CHAD AND MOROCCO, 24-25 NOVEMBER 2004

The Secretary-General left Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, early on Wednesday, 24 November, and headed to Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, for an official visit.

universality is strength of volunteerism, Secretary-General says

in message to mark international volunteer day

 

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on International Volunteer Day, observed on 5 December 2004:

Secretary-General, marking international day of disabled persons,

 

calls for changes in thinking about their place in society

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on the International Day of Disabled Persons, observed on 3 December 2004:

Secretary-General CALLS FOR CHANGE OF MINDSET AMONG BUSINESS LEADERS

IN REMARKS AT WALL STREET WORLD AIDS DAY EVENT

 

Corporate Programmes to Educate Workforce

Can Become Cornerstone of Global Prevention Campaign, He Stresses

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks at Wall Street World Aids Day in New York, today, 1 December 2004:

‘Slavery is not A THING OF the past’, Secretary-General reminds international

community, in message to mark International Day

 

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message for the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, observed on 2 December:

‘TELLING TALES’ ANTHOLOGY, AIMED AT RAISING FUNDS FOR ANTI-AIDS EFFORT, ‘INSPIRING

DISPLAY OF COMPASSION’, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL AT NEW YORK LAUNCH

Following are Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks at the event celebrating the publication of “Telling Tales” anthology, edited by Nadine Gordimer, in New York, 30 November:

I hesitate to speak in the presence of so many gifted wordsmiths.  But I will try anyway.

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES MYANMAR TO RELEASE DAW AUNG SAN SUU KYI,

SAYS CONTINUED DETENTION NOT HELPFUL TO NATIONAL RECONCILIATION

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

Secretary-General, in message to dakar forum, links work on water,

sanitation with wider effort to alleviate poverty

 

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the Global WASH Forum in Dakar, from today, 29 November to 3 December 2004: