INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR STANDARDIZATION MAKES UNIQUE CONTRIBUTION

IN VITAL AREAS OF HEALTH, SAFETY, ENVIRONMENT, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

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Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the twenty-seventh General Assembly of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), delivered in Geneva by Sergei Ordzhonikidze, Director-General, United Nations Office at Geneva, on 15 September:

RULE OF LAW AT RISK AROUND THE WORLD, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

IN ADDRESS TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s address to the General Assembly, in New York, 21 September:

Call of peace bell ‘has remained constant, clear and true’,

 

says Secretary-General at annual Headquarters ceremony

 

Following are Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks on ringing the Peace Bell in New York, 21 September:

Good morning, and thank you all for coming.  Let me say a special welcome to our friends from Japan, as well as the Messengers of Peace and the young people who have joined us today.

international community now ‘falling short’ in achieving anti-poverty goals,

says Secretary-General to Headquarters meeting of world leaders

Following are Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks at the World Leaders’ Meeting on Action against Hunger and Poverty in New York, 20 September:

RENOVATED FACILITY ILLUSTRATION OF SWITZERLAND TODAY -– STYLE, QUALITY, FUNCTION

IN PERFECT HARMONY, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS AT INAUGURATION OF GA-200

Following are the remarks delivered today at Headquarters by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the inauguration of the renovated GA-200, presented by the Government of Switzerland:

Secretary-General affirms commitment to achieving fair, inclusive globalization

 

in remarks to headquarters event

 

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks to the event “A Fair Globalization:  Implementing the Millennium Declaration” in New York, 20 September:

IAEA’S ROLE IN MAINTENANCE OF INTERNATIONAL SECURITY IS AS VITAL AS EVER,

SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS AGENCY’S GENERAL CONFERENCE

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the forty-eighth General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna, as delivered today by Nobuyasu Abe, Under-Secretary-General for Disarmament Affairs:

Secretary-General stresses key role of private sector in development,

in message to World Industrial, Commercial Summit in Beijing

 

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the summit of the World Industrial and Commercial Organization, delivered in Beijing on 19 September by Kim Hak-Su, Executive-Secretary, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP):

In statement to press, Secretary-General urges Security Council to act

on Darfur resolution without delay, unite in face of crisis

 

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s statement to the press on Darfur, on 16 September:

Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen.

UN will continue to work with Guatemala to build just, peaceful society,

Secretary-General says at exhibit opening

 

Following is the text of remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the opening of the exhibit “Guatemala:  Images of Peace” at Headquarters on 14 September:

It is a great pleasure to join you for the opening of this exhibit.