Secretary-General

‘UNITED NATIONS WORKS TO MAKE SOCIETIES TRULY ACCESSIBLE, CARING

AND INCLUSIVE FOR ALL PEOPLE’, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Fourth National Congress of the China Disabled Persons’ Federation in Beijing, 8 September:

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR ‘UNITY OF PURPOSE AROUND A COMMON SECURITY AGENDA’

Security Council Must ‘Regain

The Confidence of States and of World Public Opinion’

SECRETARY-GENERAL’S PERSONAL ENVOY VISITS SEOUL, BEIJING; REAFFIRMS

SUPPORT FOR NEGOTIATING PROCESS ON KOREAN PENINSULA

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

LITERACY PREREQUISITE FOR REACHING GLOBAL ANTI-POVERTY GOALS

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN LITERACY DAY MESSAGE

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on the occasion of Literacy Day, observed 8 September:

RIGHT TO IMPORT CHEAP GENERIC DRUGS, PHASE-OUT OF AGRICULTURAL SUBSIDIES

CRUCIAL TO POVERTY REDUCTION, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

Following is the text of the video message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan in support of Oxfam’s “Big Noise” campaign:

‘FIGHT AGAINST HIV/AIDS REQUIRES CONSTANT VIGILANCE AND RENEWAL’,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

Following is the text of the video message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan for the fifty-ninth session of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) in Bangkok, 1-4 September:

You meet at a decisive moment in the history of your region, and you have chosen to focus on a vital topic.

RENEWED MIDDLE EAST VIOLENCE MUST NOT DIVERT INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY

FROM ‘ROAD MAP’, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL TO HEADQUARTERS CONFERENCE

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the United Nations International Conference of Civil Society in Support of the Palestinian People, delivered by Kieran Prendergast, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, in New York, 4 September:

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES SUDAN PEACE TALKS BEING HELD IN KENYA

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

COOPERATIVE MOVEMENT HAS KEY ROLE IN GLOBAL ANTI-POVERTY EFFORTS

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO OSLO MEETING

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the General Assembly of the International Cooperative Alliance in Oslo, 3 September:

ENTRY INTO FORCE OF NUCLEAR-TEST-BAN TREATY ‘CANNOT COME TOO SOON’,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO VIENNA CONFERENCE

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the Conference on Facilitating the Entry into Force of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty, delivered by Antonio Maria Costa, Director General, United Nations Office at Vienna, in Vienna, 3 September: