‘NO ONE CAN BE NEUTRAL’ IN FIGHT AGAINST VIRUS OF RACISM,

 

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE ON INTERNATIONAL DAY

 

Following is United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, observed 21 March:

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES CONVENING OF TRANSITIONAL GENERAL ASSEMBLY of IRAQ

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

MUCH OF UN MISSION DIRECT RESPONSE TO HORRORS OF NAZISM, HOLOCAUST,

 

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN REMARKS AT JERUSALEM DINNER

 

Following are UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks at a dinner hosted by Moshe Katsav, President of Israel, in Jerusalem, 15 March:

It is a great pleasure to be here, and I would like to express my gratitude to the Government and people of Israel for the warm welcome they have extended to all of us.

UN HAS ‘SACRED RESPONSIBILITY’ TO COMBAT HATRED, INTOLERANCE, SAYS

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN REMARKS AT JERUSALEM HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL

Following are United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks at the inauguration of the Holocaust History Museum at Yad Vashem, in Jerusalem, 15 March:

I would like to thank the Government of Israel and Yad Vashem for inviting us to this ceremony.

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR BROAD MOBILIZATION OF RESOURCES

IN FIGHT AGAINST TB, IN MESSAGE ON WORLD DAY

 

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on World TB Day, observed 24 March:

SECRETARY-GENERAL REITERATES DETERMINATION TO BUILD GLOBAL, INCLUSIVE INFORMATION

SOCIETY, IN MESSAGE TO CEREMONY LAUNCHING DIGITAL SOLIDARITY FUND IN GENEVA

Following is the text of the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the ceremony marking the launch of the Digital Solidarity Fund, in Geneva, today, delivered by Sergei Ordzhonikidze, Director-General, United Nations Office at Geneva:

Secretary-General praises peter hansen’s ‘unflagging energy, commitment

 

and leadership’ in remarks to staff of palestine relief agency

Following are Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks to United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) staff in Jerusalem, 14 March:

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES UNITED KINGDOM’S AFRICA COMMISSION REPORTAS IMPORTANT

 

CONTRIBUTION TO WORLD’S ‘FOREMOST DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGE’

 

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s statement on the report of the Commission on Africa in New York, 11 March:

The United Nations welcomes this report of the Commission on Africa, established by the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

SECRETARY-GENERAL OFFERS GLOBAL STRATEGY FOR FIGHTING TERRORISM,

IN ADDRESS TO MADRIDSUMMIT

 

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s keynote address to the closing plenary of the International Summit on Democracy, Terrorism and Security, delivered today in Madrid, Spain:

Why have you invited me to speak here?  Because terrorism is a threat to all States, to all peoples, which can strike anytime, anywhere.

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES VOLUNTARY SURRENDER TO INTERNATIONAL

TRIBUNAL BY KOSOVO’S FORMER PRIME MINISTER

 

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