SECRETARY-GENERAL PRAISES CELEBRITY ADVOCATES AS ‘NEW KIND OF STAR’, SHINING LIGHT

ON HARDSHIP, INJUSTICE, IN REMARKS AT UNICEF GALA

Following are Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks at the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Goodwill Gala in Beverly Hills on 3 December:

Thank you very much, Carol [Bellamy].

DAUGHTER OF WALT DISNEY, FOUNDER OF ‘ROOTS OF PEACE’ PRAISED BY SECRETARY-GENERAL

FOR THEIR GENEROSITY, COMMITMENT TO ANTI-LANDMINE CAUSE

Following are Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks at a luncheon hosted by Diane Disney Miller and Heidi Kuhn, founder of the Roots of Peace, in Los Angeles, 3 December:

CITIES CAN BE VEHICLES FOR PEACE, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS LOS ANGELES CITY COUNCIL

Following are the remarks delivered by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at a meeting with the City Council and Mayor of Los Angeles today:

I am delighted and honoured to be among you today.  Above all, I am heartened that you have adopted this resolution in support of the Millennium Development Goals.

SECRETARY-GENERAL, OBSERVING HUMAN RIGHTS DAY, STRESSES

THAT DEFENDING RIGHTS IS RESPONSIBILITY OF ALL

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on Human Rights Day, 10 December:

SECRETARY-GENERAL PAYS TRIBUTE TO MEMBERS OF HOSPITALITY COMMITTEE FOR UN DELEGATIONS

Following is the text of the video message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Hospitality Committee for United Nations Delegations:

SECRETARY-GENERAL, ADDRESSING WORLD AFFAIRS FORUM, UNDERSCORES

NEED FOR COLLECTIVE ACTION TO FACE GLOBAL CHALLENGES

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s address to the Los Angeles World Affairs Council yesterday, 2 December:

I really do feel at home seeing some old friends, Warren Christopher and his wife.  I recall our last visit here and how well they took care of us.

ONLY COLLECTIVE ENGAGEMENT CAN TACKLE AFRICA’S URGENT URBAN CHALLENGE

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL TO CAMEROON ‘AFRICITIES’ CONFERENCE

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the “Africities Summit”, delivered by Anna Tibaijuka, Executive Director, United Nations Human Settlements Programme(UN-HABITAT), in Yaoundé, Cameroon, 2 December:

‘LET US LISTEN TO DISABLED PERSONS –- NOT JUST ON THIS DAY, BUT EVERY DAY’,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE ON INTERNATIONAL DAY

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on the International Day of Disabled Persons, observed 3 December:

SECRETARY-GENERAL REITERATES NEED FOR POLITICAL SOLUTION TO ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN

CONFLICT IN STATEMENT TO COMMITTEE

Each Side Wounds Itself by Harming the Other,

He Says in Message to Mark International Day of Solidarity

SECRETARY-GENERAL HAILS ANNIVERSARY OF COSTA RICA’S

ABOLITION OF ITS ARMED FORCES

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s video message on the fifty-fifth anniversary of Costa Rica’s abolition of its armed forces, 1 December:

The Costa Ricans themselves have put it best.  Fifty-five years ago today, their country “declared peace to the world”.