BUSINESS COMMUNITY HAS ‘DIRECT STAKE’ IN HELPING WORLD REACH ANTI-POVERTY GOALS,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO SOUTH ASIA GLOBAL COMPACT MEETING

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the Global Compact Regional Conclave, in Jamshedpur, India, 8 March:

‘THIS IS A MOMENT OF PROMISE’ IN SEARCH FOR MIDDLE EAST PEACE,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO GENEVA MEETING

 

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the International Meeting on the Question of Palestine, delivered by Sergei Ordhonikidze, Director-General, United Nations Office at Geneva, in Geneva, 8 March:

‘WE ARE NOT MOVING FAST ENOUGH’ TO DEAL WITH APPALLING SITUATION IN DARFUR,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL, AFTER MEETING WITH SECURITY COUNCIL

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s statement on Sudan, issued in New York, 7 March:

The members of the Security Council came to see me this morning, at my request, to discuss Sudan.

SECRETARY-GENERAL, NOTING SYRIAN PRESIDENT’S SPEECH, DISPATCHES ENVOY

TO BEIRUT, DAMASCUS TO DISCUSS SECURITY COUNCIL Resolution 1559

 

The following statement was issued on Saturday, 5 March, by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General took note of the speech delivered today in Damascus by the Syrian President, Dr. Bashar Al Assad, and will study it carefully.

SECRETARY-GENERAL MEETS WITH HIS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE

 

TO DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

 

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

NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY ‘TRUE CORNERSTONE’ OF GLOBAL SECURITY,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERALON AGREEMENT’S THIRTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY

 

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s statement on the thirty-fifth anniversary of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), issued in New York, 4 March:

Biographical Note

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS PIERRE SCHORI AS NEW

 

SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR CÔTE D’IVOIRE

The Secretary-General has decided to appoint Pierre Schori of Sweden to succeed Albert Tévoédjrè as his Special Representative for Côte d’Ivoire, effective 1 April 2005.  Mr. Schori has been a Distinguished Visiting Professor at AdelphiUniversity in New York since 2004.

Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in London early in the morning of Tuesday, 1 March, where he addressed the London Conference in Support of the Palestinian Authority, convened by United Kingdom Prime Minister Tony Blair.

EDUCATION, GENDER EQUALITY TOGETHER MUST BE GIVEN PRIORITY, SECRETARY-GENERAL

SAYS IN VIDEO MESSAGE TO CONFERENCE ON GENDER PARITY

 

Following is the text of the video message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan for the Conference on Gender Parity in Education, Washington, D.C., 2 March:

Dear friends,

IN MESSAGE FOR INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY, SECRETARY-GENERAL CITES NEED FOR TARGETED

ACTION TO CHANGE HISTORICAL LEGACY PUTTING WOMEN AT DISADVANTAGE

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan for International Women’s Day, observed on 8 March: