‘LET US RESOLVE TO EMPOWER WOMEN AND GIRLS BY OUR COMMITMENT TO GENDER EQUALITY’,

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN MESSAGE FOR WORLD POPULATION DAY

Following is the text of the message by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan for World Population Day, 11 July 2005:

COOPERATIVES, MICROFINANCE CAN GIVE THOSE MOST IN NEED POWER TO IMPROVE

 

THEIR LIVES, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN INTERNATIONAL DAY MESSAGE

Following is UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on the United Nations International Day of Cooperatives, observed 2 July:

PROHIBITION OF TORTURE IS ABSOLUTE, NON-NEGOTIABLE, SECRETARY-GENERAL

 

SAYS IN MESSAGE FOR INTERNATIONAL DAY

 

Following is the message by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the International Day in Support for Victims of Torture, 26 June:

ILLEGAL DRUGS SOUND COLOURFUL, ENTICING, BUT LITTLE MORE THAN ‘TICKETS

 

TO A DEAD END’, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN INTERNATIONAL DAY MESSAGE

 

Following is UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, observed 26 June:

WORLD REFUGEE DAY: CELEBRATING 10 YEARS OF REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE FOR REFUGEES

Pregnant Refugee Women Have Better Chance

Of Safe Child Delivery Than 10 Years Ago, Says UNFPA

Courage, perseverance of refugees in overcoming adversity inspiration,

 

says Secretary-General in message on international day

Following is UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on World Refugee Day observed 20 June:

WOMEN IN DRY LANDS RANK AMONG ‘POOREST OF POOR’, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

IN DESERTIFICATION DAY MESSAGE

Following is the text of the message by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan for the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought, 17 June 2005:

‘LET US CREATE GREEN CITIES’, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

 

IN VIDEO MESSAGE FOR WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY

 

Following is the text of the video message by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan for World Environment Day, 5 June:

As human beings, we are bound by our common humanity.

And like all species on Earth, we are bound by our common dependence on the environment.

GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT HIGHLIGHTS IMPORTANCE, DIFFICULTY OF UN’S MISSION

OF PROMOTING PEACE, IN MESSAGE ON INTERNATIONAL DAY

 

Following is the message of Jean Ping (Gabon), President of the General Assembly, on the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers, observed 29 May:

‘MORE MISSIONS DEPLOYED THAN EVER BEFORE’, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

IN MESSAGE FOR INTERNATIONAL DAY OF UN PEACEKEEPERS

 

Following is the text of the message by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers, 29 May 2005: