UN house symbol of bonds between Organization, country in which it works,

Secretary-General says in message to Inauguration in Sofia, Bulgaria

 

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Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the inauguration of the United Nations House in Sofia, Bulgaria, 25October:

Secretary-General, in message to basel convention talks, calls for partnerships,

innovative thinking to meet challenge of waste generation

 

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Secretary-General, at Headquarters Ceremony, Congratulates

 

UN staff with 25 or more years of service

 

Following are the remarks delivered today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the Staff Recognition Awards Ceremony at Headquarters, honouring staff with 25 or more years of service:

World is better place because of United Nations, but ‘We can do better’,

Secretary-General says at UN day concert

 

Following are the remarks delivered on 25 October by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the United Nations Day Concert in New York:

Happy United Nations Day, everyone!  What better way to celebrate this day than through the universal language of music?

Secretary-General calls on Kosovo political leaders to respect election results

The following statement issued yesterday is attributable to the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

Asian Conference on Interaction, Confidence-building good example of cooperation

to promote common security, Secretary-General tells Almaty meeting

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the Ministerial Meeting of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building in Asia, as delivered today in Almaty, Kazakhstan, by Vladimir Goryayev, Deputy Director a.i. for Asia and the Pacific, United Nations Department of Political Affairs:

Secretary-General Kofi Annan flew on Monday morning, 18 October, from Dublin to Londonderry, Northern Ireland, to deliver a lecture at the University of Ulster on the lessons of peacebuilding.

Secretary-General hails decision to deploy expanded African force in Darfur

The following statement is attributable to the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

Secretary-General encouraged by update on ‘oil-for-food’ inquiry committee’s work

 

The following statement is attributable to the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

This morning the Secretary-General met with Paul Volcker, the Chairman of the Independent Inquiry Committee into the UN Oil-for-Food Programme, to receive an updated briefing on the work of the Committee.

Secretary-General urges all Kosovo communities to exercise voting rights

 

Following is a statement attributable to the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

This Saturday, 23 October, the people of Kosovo will have the opportunity to vote for their representatives in the Assembly of Kosovo’s Provisional Institutions.