IN MESSAGE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS DAY, GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT

CALLS FOR PROMPT ESTABLISHMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL

Following is the message by General Assembly President Jan Eliasson ( Sweden) on the occasion of Human Rights Day, 10 December:

TORTURE, INSTRUMENT OF TERROR, CAN NEVER BE USED TO FIGHT TERROR,

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN MESSAGE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS DAY

He Calls Practice Unacceptable, Illegal, Even under Another Name

PAST YEAR’S NATURAL DISASTERS HAVE HIGHLIGHTED INVALUABLE CONTRIBUTIONS

OF VOLUNTEERS, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN MESSAGE FOR INTERNATIONAL DAY

Following is the text of the message by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development, 5 December:

PANEL DISCUSSION ON DISABILITY RIGHTS TO MARK INTERNATIONAL

DAY OF DISABLED PERSONS ON 2 DECEMBER

A panel discussion on disability rights on Friday, 2 December, will mark the observance of the International Day of Disabled Persons 2005 at United Nations Headquarters.

OPENING OF RAFAH CROSSING A NEW OPPORTUNITY , SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN REMARKS

MARKING INTERNATIONAL DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH PALESTINIAN PEOPLE

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE TO MARK DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH PALESTINIANS,

REITERATES CALL FOR RENEWED ACTION ON ROAD MAP OBLIGATIONS

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE ON INTERNATIONAL DAY, SAYS VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

ATROCIOUS MANIFESTATION OF CONTINUED SYSTEMATIC DISCRIMINATION, INEQUALITY

SECRETARY-GENERAL UNDERLINES NEED FOR ZERO TOLERANCE IN MESSAGE

TO OBSERVE INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR ABOLITION OF SLAVERY

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, to be observed on 2 December:

MAKE JOBS, EDUCATION, SERVICES AVAILABLE TO THOSE WITH DISABILITIES, SAYS

SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE FOR INTERNATIONAL DAY OF DISABLED PERSONS

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on the International Day of Disabled Persons, to be observed on 3 December:

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR ENHANCED REGIONAL INTEGRATION

IN MESSAGE TO MARK AFRICAN INDUSTRIALIZATION DAY

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on Africa Industrialization Day, to be observed on 20 November: