Secretary-General Congratulates Vienna International Centre on 25^th Anniversary

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Vienna International Centre, delivered in Vienna today by Antonio María Costa, Director-General, United Nations Office at Vienna:

Achieving Millennium Goals focus of Secretary-General’s meeting with UK Chancellor

The following statement was issued today in London by Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

Secretary-General, in message to Rimini meeting, says efforts needed

to ensure benefits of globalization are widely shared

 

This is the text of a message from Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the thirtieth Pio Manzù Conference on “Islands without an Archipelago” in Rimini, Italy, yesterday (delivered by Giandomenico Picco, Adviser to the Secretary-General):

Secretary-General, at military event in Dublin, hails Ireland’s

 

enduring commitment to United Nations peacekeeping

 

Following are the remarks delivered today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at an event reviewing Irish military assets of potential use in European Union operations in support of the United Nations, at McKee Barracks, Dublin, Ireland:

Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in Beijing on Saturday evening, 9 October, for a visit that coincided with the celebration of the fifty-fifth anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China and the twenty-fifth anniversary of the UN's presence in that country.

Secretary-General congratulates Cambodia’s new King Norodom Sihamoni

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

The Secretary-General welcomes the Royal Throne Council’s unanimous election of His Majesty King Norodom Sihamoni as the new King and Head of State of the Royal Kingdom of Cambodia.  He wishes him every success in this important role.

Secretary-General, noting next year’s review of Millennium

 

Development Goals, urges stronger efforts to meet them

 

Ongoing Crises in Sudan, and Urgent Need for Greater Help,

Also Stressed in Wide-Ranging Dublin Address to National Forum on Europe

This is the text of an address by Secretary-General Kofi Annan in Dublin today to the National Forum on Europe:

Secretary-General says inauguration of transitional president of Somalia

is hopeful development after country’s decade of problems

 

This is the text of a message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan today to the inauguration in Nairobi of the President of the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia (delivered by Mohamed Sahnoun, Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Africa):

Secretary-General committed to preventing illegal use

 

of Un vehicles, facilities by armed militia

 

The following statement on the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

Secretary-General, in World Food Day message, urges greater attention

 

to role of biodiversity in fight against hunger

 

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on World Food Day, observed on 16 October: