2005 WORLD SUMMIT MUST TAKE BOLD STEPS TOWARD MAKING POVERTY HISTORY,

 

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN ADDRESS TO ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL

Following is UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s address to the High-Level Segment of the Economic and Social Council, in New York, 29 June:

‘ALL-OUT GLOBAL EFFORT’ NEEDED TO MEET ANTI-POVERTY GOALS BY 2015,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO ISLAMIC CONFERENCE SESSION

Following is UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the thirty-second session of the Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers, in Sana’a, 28-30 June, delivered by Ali Alatas, Envoy of the Secretary-General for the September 2005 Summit,:

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in London from Brussels on Wednesday evening, 22 June.

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in Brussels on 21 June, a day in advance of the International Conference on Iraq.

EUROPEAN UNION HAS KEY ROLE TO PLAY IN FURTHERING DEVELOPMENT PROCESS,

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN REMARKS TO EU LUNCHEON

Following is the text of today’s remarks by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the lunch hosted by the European Union, in conjunction with the General Assembly High-level Dialogue on Financing for Development:

SECRETARY-GENERAL DELIGHTED AT WILLINGNESS OF KAREN ABUZAYD

 

TO SERVE AS UNRWA COMMISSIONER-GENERAL

 

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

Biographical Note

SECRETARY-GENERAL appoints Karen AbuZayd of United states

POVERTY NOT ONLY MUST BE DEFEATED, IT CAN BE, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS

GENERAL ASSEMBLY HIGH-LEVEL MEETING ON DEVELOPMENT FINANCING

Following is the text of remarks today by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the General Assembly High-Level Dialogue on Financing for Development:

It is a pleasure to welcome you to the United Nations.

SECRETARY-GENERAL INTRODUCES NEW HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES

AT HEADQUARTERS PRESS CONFERENCE

 

Following are UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks introducing the new United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, António Manuel de Oliveira Guterres, to the media, in New York, 27 June:

It’s a very great pleasure to introduce António Guterres, the new High Commissioner for Refugees.

IN MESSAGE TO SUSTAINABLE CITIES MEETING, SECRETARY-GENERAL HIGHLIGHTS IMPORTANCE

OF STRENGTHENING GOOD GOVERNANCE THROUGH PARTICIPATORY, INCLUSIVE MANAGEMENT