Public policy must build environment that sustains family unit During period

 

of profound transformation, says Secretary-General on world day

 

Following is UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message for the International Day of Families, observed 15 May:

Committee on Information

World Press Freedom Day Commemoration

FREE PRESS FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHT, FOUNDATION OF DEMOCRATIC SOCIETIES, SAYS

UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL, AT HEADQUARTERS OBSERVANCE OF WORLD DAY

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION FUNDAMENTAL, UNIVERSAL;

 

APPEALS FOR RIGHT TO BE EXERCISED RESPONSIBLY, IN WORLD DAY MESSAGE

 

Following is UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on World Press Freedom Day, observed 3 May:

IN MESSAGE FOR WORLD INFORMATION SOCIETY DAY, SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS

FOR INTERNATIONAL COUNTERMEASURES TO ENHANCE CYBERSECURITY

 

Following is UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on World Information Society Day, observed 17 May:

‘ LANDMINES HAVE NO PLACE IN ANY CIVILIZED SOCIETY’, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

IN MESSAGE ON INTERNATIONAL MINE AWARENESS DAY

Following is UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action, observed on 4 April:

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR PARTNERSHIP TO RAPIDLY BOLSTER GLOBAL

HEALTH WORKFORCE, IN WORLD HEALTH DAY MESSAGE

Following is UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on World Health Day, observed 7 April:

STAFF UNION APPEALS TO MEMBER STATES TO ACT RESPONSIBLY

 

TO SECURE RELEASE OF ALL COLLEAGUES

 

United Nations Staff Will Not Be Bullied to Give Up Work for Peace, Union Says

In message for world water day, General Assembly president says ‘nearly

 

6,000 people, mainly children, die every day of water-related causes’

 

‘CULTURE OF ACCOUNTABILITY IS THE BEST ANTIDOTE TO IMPUNITY’, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

IN MESSAGE ON DAY FOR SOLIDARITY WITH DETAINED, MISSING STAFF

LAUNCH OF GLOBAL PLAN A MILESTONE IN STRUGGLE AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS,

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN MESSAGE FOR WORLD TB DAY

Following is the text of the message by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on World TB Day, 24 March 2006: