SECRETARY-GENERAL’s REMARKS TO ANNUAL UN CORRESPONDENTS’ ASSOCIATION DINNER

 

Following is the text of remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the annual dinner of the United Nations Correspondents’ Association (UNCA) on 3 December:

I am delighted and relieved to be back with you all at the UNCA dinner.  It’s been three years since we were last together like this.  It feels more like three decades.

IN ADDRESS TO SUMMIT ON MINE-FREE WORLD, SECRETARY-GENERAL PLEDGES

SUPPORT IN IMPLEMENTING STRATEGY FOR NEXT FIVE YEARS

He Also Underlines Need to Keep Mine Victims’ Needs Constantly in Mind

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s address via satellite link-up to the Nairobi Summit on a Mine-Free World today, 3 December 2004:

SECRETARY-GENERAL PROFOUNDLY SADDENED BY LOSS OF LIFE, DESTRUCTION

 

WROUGHT BY POWERFUL STORMS IN PHILIPPINES

 

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

Secretary-General, in message to mark international human rights day,

says human rightS equip people to live in security, dignity

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on International Human Rights Day, observed on 10 December 2004:

Secretary-General disturbed by increasing tension

 

between Democratic Republic of Congo, rwanda

 

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

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: