UNITED NATIONS MUST BE AT FOREFRONT OF EFFORTS TO CURB VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL AT OBSERVANCE OF INTERNATIONAL DAY

 

PREVENTING VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, GIRLS NEEDS TO BEGIN AT HOME,

SAYS GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT IN WOMEN’S DAY MESSAGE

 

Following is the message by General Assembly President Sheikha Haya Rashed Al Khalifa ( Bahrain) for International Women’s Day, 8 March:

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:

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:

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

SAYS GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT IN HUMAN RIGHTS DAY MESSAGE

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: