MAJOR EFFORTS NEEDED TO BETTER MANAGE WORLD’S WATER – ‘OUR LIFELINE FOR SURVIVAL’

 

IN 21^ST CENTURY, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN WORLD DAY MESSAGE

 

Following is United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message for World Water Day, observed 22 March:

‘NO ONE CAN BE NEUTRAL’ IN FIGHT AGAINST VIRUS OF RACISM,

 

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE ON INTERNATIONAL DAY

 

Following is United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, observed 21 March:

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES CONVENING OF TRANSITIONAL GENERAL ASSEMBLY of IRAQ

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

MUCH OF UN MISSION DIRECT RESPONSE TO HORRORS OF NAZISM, HOLOCAUST,

 

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN REMARKS AT JERUSALEM DINNER

 

Following are UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks at a dinner hosted by Moshe Katsav, President of Israel, in Jerusalem, 15 March:

It is a great pleasure to be here, and I would like to express my gratitude to the Government and people of Israel for the warm welcome they have extended to all of us.

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS ERSKINE BOWLES AS DEPUTY

 

SPECIAL ENVOY FOR TSUNAMI RECOVERY

 

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan appointed Erskine Bowles today as the Deputy Special Envoy for Tsunami Recovery.  Mr. Bowles will support former President Bill Clinton in his capacity as the United Nations Special Envoy for Tsunami Recovery.  The Secretary-General announced President Clinton’s appointment last month.

UN HAS ‘SACRED RESPONSIBILITY’ TO COMBAT HATRED, INTOLERANCE, SAYS

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN REMARKS AT JERUSALEM HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL

Following are United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks at the inauguration of the Holocaust History Museum at Yad Vashem, in Jerusalem, 15 March:

I would like to thank the Government of Israel and Yad Vashem for inviting us to this ceremony.

Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in Madrid on Wednesday, 9 March, to attend the Summit on Democracy, Terrorism and Security.

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR BROAD MOBILIZATION OF RESOURCES

IN FIGHT AGAINST TB, IN MESSAGE ON WORLD DAY

 

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on World TB Day, observed 24 March:

SECRETARY-GENERAL REITERATES DETERMINATION TO BUILD GLOBAL, INCLUSIVE INFORMATION

SOCIETY, IN MESSAGE TO CEREMONY LAUNCHING DIGITAL SOLIDARITY FUND IN GENEVA

Following is the text of the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the ceremony marking the launch of the Digital Solidarity Fund, in Geneva, today, delivered by Sergei Ordzhonikidze, Director-General, United Nations Office at Geneva:

Secretary-General praises peter hansen’s ‘unflagging energy, commitment

 

and leadership’ in remarks to staff of palestine relief agency

Following are Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks to United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) staff in Jerusalem, 14 March: