EMPOWERING WOMEN CONDITION FOR BUILDING BETTER LIVES FOR EVERYONE,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN INTERNATIONAL DAY MESSAGE

 

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for International Women’s Day, observed on 8 March:

Remembrance plays vital role in efforts to stem tide of human cruelty, says

Secretary-General in message for day in memory of holocaust victims

Secretary-General, in message for holocaust victims memorial day,

stresses importance of reasserting commitment to human rights

Secretary-General, in message for south-south cooperation day, urges international

community to support stronger ties among developing countries

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on the United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation in New York today, 19 December:

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE TO MARK MIGRANTS’ DAY, STRESSES ROLE

 

OF INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION IN ENDING ABUSES

 

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on International Migrants’ Day, to be observed on 18 December:

WORLD HAS MORAL OBLIGATION TO FIGHT POVERTY, PROTECT HUMAN RIGHTS OF MOST VULNERABLE,

SAYS GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT IN HUMAN RIGHTS DAY MESSAGE

Secretary-General urges human rights activists to ‘fill leadership vacuum’,

hold world leaders to account, in address to international day event

Following is UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s address to mark International Human Rights Day in New York City, 8 December:

DECLARATION RINGS HOLLOW IN FACE OF DEPRIVATION, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

 

IN MESSAGE TO OBSERVE INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS DAY

 

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on International Human Rights Day, to be observed on 10 December:

Volunteers providing grass-roots solutions to humanity’s most pressing needs,

 

says Secretary-General in message on international day

 

Following is UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on International Volunteer Day, observed 5 December:

Contemporary Forms of Slavery Flourishing, says Secretary-General

 

In message for international day

 

Following is the message by the UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, 2 December: