SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR ACTIVE EFFORT TO LEARN ABOUT EACH OTHER,

IN MESSAGE TO MARK INTERNATIONAL DAY OF TOLERANCE

Passive Acceptance of Others’ Peculiarities Not Enough, He Stresses

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN UN DAY VIDEO MESSAGE, SAYS ORGANIZATION MUST REFLECT

NEW AGE, RESPOND TO CHALLENGES, TO BETTER SERVE WORLD’S PEOPLES

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s video message on United Nations Day, 24 October:

Dear friends all over the world,

CELEBRATING UN DAY ‘ENERGIZES US’, STRENGTHENS BONDS, SECRETARY-GENERAL

SAYS AT HEADQUARTERS CEREMONY MARKING 60^TH ANNIVERSARY

Following are the remarks delivered this morning by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan at a Headquarters ceremony to mark United Nations Day:

GLOBAL ACTION, COLLECTIVE EFFORTS NOW NEEDED MORE THAN EVER,

SAYS GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT IN MESSAGE FOR UN DAY

Following is the message by General Assembly President Jan Eliasson ( Sweden) for United Nations Day, 24 October:

IN MESSAGE FOR WORLD FOOD DAY, GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT APPEALS FOR SUPPORT

TO ACHIEVE MILLENNIUM GOAL TO REDUCE POVERTY BY HALF

Following is the message by General Assembly President Jan Eliasson ( Sweden) for World Food Day, 16 October:

UN MUST NEVER LOSE SIGHT OF POOREST, MOST VULNERABLE, GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT

SAYS IN MESSAGE ON DAY FOR POVERTY ERADICATION

Following is the message by General Assembly President Jan Eliasson ( Sweden) on the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, 17 October:

COMMITMENTS MADE AT WORLD SUMMIT REPRESENT BREAKTHROUGH IN FIGHT AGAINST POVERTY,

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN INTERNATIONAL DAY MESSAGE

Following is UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, observed on 17 October:

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR PARTNERSHIPS TO BUILD

‘WORLD WITHOUT HUNGER’ IN WORLD FOOD DAY MESSAGE

Following is UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on World Food Day, observed on 16 October:

HEALTH SYSTEMS NEED HOLISTIC APPROACH ADDRESSING BOTH PHYSICAL, MENTAL DIMENSIONS,

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN MESSAGE FOR WORLD MENTAL HEALTH DAY

Following is the message by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan for World Mental Health Day, 10 October 2005:

IN MESSAGE TO MARK UNITED NATIONS DAY, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS ORGANIZATION

MUST REFLECT NEW AGE, RESPOND TO ITS CHALLENGES

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on United Nations Day, to be observed on 24 October: