Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in Accra in the evening of Tuesday, 27 July.

Secretary-general calls for renewed determination to ensure peace, development,

human rights for indigenous people, in international message

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on the International Day of the World Indigenous People observed 9 August:

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION ON DARFUR

The Secretary-General welcomes the adoption today of resolution 1556 by the Security Council on the situation in Darfur, Sudan.

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS BOMBINGS IN TASHKENT

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

The Secretary-General expresses his strong dismay at today’s series of bombings against the Embassies of the United States and Israel, as well as the Office of the Prosecutor General, in the Uzbek capital of Tashkent.  Reportedly, two people were killed and about a dozen were injured in the attacks.

SECRETARY-GENERAL DISMAYED BY BRUTAL KILLING OF TWO PAKISTANI HOSTAGES IN IRAQ

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR ‘COMMITMENT AND COMPROMISE’ TO MOVE COTED’IVOIRE

PEACE PROCESS FORWARD, IN REMARKS TO ACCRA MEETING

Following are Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks at the opening of the plenary session of the High-Level Meeting on Côte d’Ivoire:

SECRETARY-GENERAL GRAVELY CONCERNED ABOUT CONTINUED ATTACKS IN DARFUR

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

MEDIA POLICY MUST ENSURE COMMUNICATION REVOLUTION EMPOWERS ALL PEOPLE,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO COLOMBO CONFERENCE

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the Asia-Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development General Conference in Colombo, 26 July, delivered by Miguel Bermeo, United Nations Resident Coordinator and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Permanent Representative in Sri Lanka:

Secretary-General sets out priorities for his water/sanitation advisory board,

cites terrible cost of unsafe drinking water, poor sanitation

Following are Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks to the first session of his Advisory Board on Water and Sanitation:

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, and dear friends, welcome.  It is indeed a pleasure to see you all here.

Secretary-General urges developed world to offer debt relief, end ‘scandal’

oF UNfair agricultural trade, in message on global anti-poverty goals

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s 21 July video message [for northern audiences] on the Millennium Development Goals:

Dear Friends,

You are here today because you believe in a better world.  So do I.