SECRETARY-GENERAL DISCUSSES LEBANON DEVELOPMENTS WITH PRESIDENTS OF IRAN, SYRIA

 

The following statement was issued on Saturday, 18 November, by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on Wednesday afternoon, November 15, from Nairobi, Kenya.

Contemporary Forms of Slavery Flourishing, says Secretary-General

 

In message for international day

 

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

IN MESSAGE MARKING AFRICA INDUSTRIALIZATION DAY, SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS

FOR SUSTAINED DRIVE TO EXPAND, DIVERSIFY CONTINENT’S ECONOMIC BASE

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on Africa Industrialization Day, to be observed on 20 November:

‘LET’S STEP FORWARD AND CLAIM THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY AS AFRICA’S CENTURY,’

 

AFRICA FALLING BEHIND IN RACE TO REACH ANTI-POVERTY GOALS BUT FOCUS, COMMITMENT

 

CAN TURN SITUATION AROUND, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL TO Africa DEVELOPMENT FORUM

 

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in Nairobi, Kenya, from Istanbul, Turkey, in the afternoon of Tuesday, 14 November.  He would address the high-level segment of the United Nations Climate Change Conference the following morning.

SECRETARY-GENERAL COMMENDS GLOBAL CONSORTIUM ON BEHALF OF TSUNAMI VICTIMS;

PAYS TRIBUTE TO SPECIAL ENVOY BILL CLINTON, ‘DRIVING FORCE’ BEHIND GROUP

Secretary-General welcomes provisional results in Democratic Republic of Congo

 

elections; Urges all parties to remain calm, refrain from any violence

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

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