SECRETARY-GENERAL PLEASED BOLIVIA AGREEMENT REACHED

THROUGH DIALOGUE, RESPECT FOR CONSTITUTION.

 

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

UN MUST LIVE UP TO OWN CHARTER PRINCIPLES ON EQUAL RIGHTS FOR MEN, WOMEN,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN REMARKS AT HEADQUARTERS WOMEN’S DAY EVENT

Following are Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks at the International Women’s Day event hosted by the Group on Equal Rights for Women in the United Nations, to honour the Manager of the Year, in New York, 8 March:

Thank you, Madam President, for those kind words.

BUSINESS COMMUNITY HAS ‘DIRECT STAKE’ IN HELPING WORLD REACH ANTI-POVERTY GOALS,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO SOUTH ASIA GLOBAL COMPACT MEETING

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the Global Compact Regional Conclave, in Jamshedpur, India, 8 March:

‘THIS IS A MOMENT OF PROMISE’ IN SEARCH FOR MIDDLE EAST PEACE,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO GENEVA MEETING

 

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the International Meeting on the Question of Palestine, delivered by Sergei Ordhonikidze, Director-General, United Nations Office at Geneva, in Geneva, 8 March:

‘WE ARE NOT MOVING FAST ENOUGH’ TO DEAL WITH APPALLING SITUATION IN DARFUR,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL, AFTER MEETING WITH SECURITY COUNCIL

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s statement on Sudan, issued in New York, 7 March:

The members of the Security Council came to see me this morning, at my request, to discuss Sudan.

SECRETARY-GENERAL, NOTING SYRIAN PRESIDENT’S SPEECH, DISPATCHES ENVOY

TO BEIRUT, DAMASCUS TO DISCUSS SECURITY COUNCIL Resolution 1559

 

The following statement was issued on Saturday, 5 March, by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General took note of the speech delivered today in Damascus by the Syrian President, Dr. Bashar Al Assad, and will study it carefully.

SECRETARY-GENERAL MEETS WITH HIS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE

 

TO DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

 

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

NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY ‘TRUE CORNERSTONE’ OF GLOBAL SECURITY,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERALON AGREEMENT’S THIRTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY

 

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s statement on the thirty-fifth anniversary of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), issued in New York, 4 March:

EDUCATION, GENDER EQUALITY TOGETHER MUST BE GIVEN PRIORITY, SECRETARY-GENERAL

SAYS IN VIDEO MESSAGE TO CONFERENCE ON GENDER PARITY

 

Following is the text of the video message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan for the Conference on Gender Parity in Education, Washington, D.C., 2 March:

Dear friends,

IN MESSAGE FOR INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY, SECRETARY-GENERAL CITES NEED FOR TARGETED

ACTION TO CHANGE HISTORICAL LEGACY PUTTING WOMEN AT DISADVANTAGE

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan for International Women’s Day, observed on 8 March: