Statements and Messages

SECRETARY-GENERAL ALARMED BY ESCALATING DARFUR VIOLENCE

The following statement is attributable to the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

IN MESSAGE TO MARK UNITED NATIONS DAY, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS ORGANIZATION

MUST REFLECT NEW AGE, RESPOND TO ITS CHALLENGES

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on United Nations Day, to be observed on 24 October:

LANGUAGE UNITING FRANCOPHONE COMMUNITY INSTRUMENT OF SOLIDARITY, BASIS FOR ALLIANCE

SEEKING JUSTICE, PEACE, DEVELOPMENT, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

(Delayed for translation of text, originally delivered in French.)

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN REMARKS AT MEMORIAL CEREMONY, SAYS WIESENTHAL CONVINCED HIM

OF NEED TO KEEP UNITED NATIONS AT CENTRE OF STRUGGLE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS, DIGNITY

He Expresses Support for Establishing International Day of Holocaust Commemoration

IN MESSAGE TO MARK WORLD HABITAT DAY, SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES IMPORTANCE

OF PRO-POOR, PARTICIPATORY URBAN DEVELOPMENT IN LINE WITH HUMAN RIGHTS

Evictions, Demolitions No Answer to Challenges of Urbanization, He Says

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE TO ASIAN CONFERENCE ON DISASTER REDUCTION,

UNDERSCORES NEED FOR SUSTAINED POLITICAL, FINANCIAL COMMITMENT

Sustainable Development also Needed to Reduce Vulnerability, He Says

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES ANNOUNCEMENT ON DECOMMISSIONING OF IRA WEAPONS

The following statement is attributable to the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN DAY OF OLDER PERSONS MESSAGE, STRESSES NEED TO INTEGRATE

GENDER, AGE PERSPECTIVES INTO POVERTY ERADICATION EFFORTS

Following is UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on the occasion of the International Day of Older Persons, observed on 1 October:

STRONG LEADERSHIP, SPIRIT OF COOPERATION REQUIRED TO TACKLE GLOBAL DISARMAMENT,

NON-PROLIFERATION CHALLENGES, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS IAEA CONFERENCE

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF LEBANESE JOURNALIST, SAYS

SUCH CALLOUS ACTS ‘PATTERN OF ONSLAUGHT’ AGAINST LEBANESE, DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES

The following statement was issued by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Sunday, 25 September: