IN SIXTIETH ANNIVERSARY REMARKS, SECRETARY-GENERAL COMMENDS

PROGRESS BROUGHT ABOUT BY COMMISSION ON STATUS OF WOMEN

 

This is the text of remarks by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan today at a round table to mark the sixtieth anniversary if the Commission on the Status of Women:

Richness of diversity to be stressed, alternative to ‘siren song of hate’ needed,

 

says Secretary-General, marking international day of tolerance

 

IMPROVED TRANSPORT FACILITIES KEY TO ECONOMIC GROWTH, SECRETARY-GENERAL

TELLS UNITED NATIONS ASIA-PACIFIC MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE

 

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS LUIZ CARLOS DA COSTA OF BRAZIL AS PRINCIPAL DEPUTY

SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR UNITED NATIONS STABILIZATION MISSION IN HAITI

 

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan departed for Montevideo, Uruguay, on Wednesday, 1 November, in order to attend the sixteenth Ibero-American Summit, which would begin on Friday.

secretary-General PRESENTs REPORT ON United Nations SYSTEM-WIDE COHERENCE, CALLS

FOR ACTION ON ‘ONE COUNTRY PROGRAMMES’, GENDER EQUALITY, BUSINESS PRACTICES

Nepal agreement historic opportunity to end armed conflict,

build sustainable peace, says Secretary-General

 

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL SHOCKED BY ISRAELI MILITARY OPERATION IN BEIT HANOUN

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

UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL TO VISIT MYANMAR ON GOOD OFFICES MISSION

 

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR LEGAL NORMS TO ELIMINATE HORRENDOUS HUMANITARIAN

IMPACT OF CLUSTER MUNITIONS, IN MESSAGE TO GENEVA CONFERENCE