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:

IN MESSAGE MARKING AFRICA INDUSTRIALIZATION DAY, SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS

FOR SUSTAINED DRIVE TO EXPAND, DIVERSIFY CONTINENT’S ECONOMIC BASE

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

In message for international day, Secretary-General calls for creation

 

of environment ‘where violence against women is not tolerated’

 

ACCESS TO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGy CREATES OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL, ESPECIALLY PERSONS

WITH DISABILITIES, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN OBSERVANCE OF DISABLED PERSONS DAY

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

Richness of diversity to be stressed, alternative to ‘siren song of hate’ needed,

 

says Secretary-General, marking international day of tolerance

 

United Nations peacekeeping an indispensable weapon in international community’s

Arsenal, Secretary-General says in anniversary message for first mission

AT UN DAY CONCERT, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS HE SOUGHT TO MAKE ORGANIZATION

‘HARMONIOUS AND RESONANT’ DURING PAST 10 YEARS

Following is the text of remarks by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the United Nations Day Concert in New York on 25 October:

SECRETARY-GENERAL’S MESSAGE FOR INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR PREVENTION

OF ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE DURING ARMED CONFLICT

 

ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT, IN UNITED NATIONS DAY MESSAGE, NOTES ‘OLIVE TREE’ THEME

FOR 2006, SAYS ORGANIZATION MUST REMAIN GLOBAL BEACON OF HOPE, PEACE