UN ENGAGEMENT WITH CIVIL SOCIETY VITAL TO ‘TURN THE PROMISE OF PEACE AGREEMENTS

INTO REALITY OF PEACEFUL SOCIETIES’, SECRETARY GENERAL TELLS SECURITY COUNCIL

Following is the text of remarks, as delivered by Secretary-General Kofi Annan, at today’s Security Council debate on “The Role of Civil Society in Post-Conflict Peace-Building”:

Throughout history anti-semitism unique manifestation of hatred, intolerance,

persecution says Secretary-General in remarks to headquarters seminar

Following are Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s opening remarks at the Department of Public Information (DPI) Seminar on Anti-Semitism, in New York, 21 June:

Welcome to United Nations Headquarters.

Throughout history anti-semitism unique manifestation of hatred, intolerance,

persecution says Secretary-General in remarks to headquarters seminar

Following are Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s opening remarks at the Department of Public Information (DPI) Seminar on Anti-Semitism, in New York, 21 June:

Welcome to United Nations Headquarters.

Secretary-General calls on all engaged in conflict to lay down arms

during olympic games, in remarks to headquarters ceremony

Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan on accepting the Olympic Torch at the United Nations in New York on 19 June:

I am deeply moved and honoured to accept this Olympic Torch on its first ever visit to the United Nations.

prohibition of torture ‘absolute’, binding on all states, in all circumstances,

says Secretary-General in message on international day

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, observed 26 June:

terrorism strikes at very heart of all un stands for, says

Secretary-General in message to tashkent ceremony

SECRETARY-GENERAL deeply concerned by persistent instability in Democratic

Republic of Congo; calls on all parties to uphold transitional process

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL’S MESSAGEON receiving ‘COMPANION OF O.R. TAMBO’ AWARD

This is the text of the message from Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the awards ceremony in Pretoria, South Africa, today of the Order of the Companions of O.R. Tambo (delivered for him by Ibrahima Fall, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the Great Lakes Region):

voices of israeli, palestinian majorities ready to compromise for peace

must be heard, says SECRETARY-GENERAL in message to beijing seminar

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the International Media Seminar on Peace in the Middle East, delivered by Shashi Tharoor, Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information, in Beijing, 16 June:

SECRETARY-GENERAL, in world refugee day message, notes key role of asylum

countries, urges continued aid for ressettlement efforts

This is the text of the message from Secretary-General Kofi Annan to mark the observance on 20 June of World Refugee Day: