Statements and Messages


SG/SM/10403-OBV/552
4 April 2006
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/10403
OBV/552
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

‘ LANDMINES HAVE NO PLACE IN ANY CIVILIZED SOCIETY’, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL


IN MESSAGE ON INTERNATIONAL MINE AWARENESS DAY


Following is UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action, observed on 4 April:

SG/SM/10402-DEV/2571
3 April 2006
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/10402
DEV/2571
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

At un ceremony, Secretary-General calls for making ‘sport an essential component’


of efforts for development

 


Following is the text of remarks by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on presentation of the report on the International Year of Sport and Physical Education, today, in New York:

SG/SM/10401-DSG/4
31 March 2006
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/10401
DSG/4
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

SECRETARY-GENERAL PRAISES LOUISE FRÉCHETTE AS PIONEER, INSPIRATION TO WOMEN;

 

LEAVES ‘LEGACY OF REFORM AND RENEWAL’

 


Following is today’s statement by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the departure of Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette:

SG/SM/10394
29 March 2006
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/10394
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Secretary-General calls for rapid mobilization of funds, expertise


For ‘vast and urgent’ needs of poor countries fighting avian flu


Following is UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s statement on the urgent need of poor countries for funds and technical assistance to control avian influenza, in New York, 29 March: