ACCOUNTABILITY FOR CRIMES AGAINST UN, ASSOCIATED PERSONNEL ‘WOEFULLY INADEQUATE’,

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN MESSAGE ON DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH MISSING STAFF

GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT, IN WORLD WATER DAY MESSAGE, CALLS RIGHT TO SAFE

DRINKING WATER BASIC TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, HUMAN DIGNITY

Following is the text of General Assembly President Jean Ping’s message for World Water Day, 22 March 2005:

Millions of people around the world die and still suffer because the water they use for their daily needs is unsafe.

IN MESSAGE FOR INTERNATIONAL DAY, GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT URGES GOVERNMENTS

 

TO INTENSIFY EFFORTS IN FIGHTING RACIAL DISCRIMINATION

 

Following is the text of the message by Jean Ping, President of the General Assembly, on the occasion of the International Day against Racial Discrimination, 21 March:

MAJOR EFFORTS NEEDED TO BETTER MANAGE WORLD’S WATER – ‘OUR LIFELINE FOR SURVIVAL’

 

IN 21^ST CENTURY, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN WORLD DAY MESSAGE

 

Following is United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message for World Water Day, observed 22 March:

‘NO ONE CAN BE NEUTRAL’ IN FIGHT AGAINST VIRUS OF RACISM,

 

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE ON INTERNATIONAL DAY

 

Following is United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, observed 21 March:

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR BROAD MOBILIZATION OF RESOURCES

IN FIGHT AGAINST TB, IN MESSAGE ON WORLD DAY

 

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on World TB Day, observed 24 March:

ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN DESERVES ‘COLLECTIVE ACTION’, SAYS

 

GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT ON INTERNATIONAL DAY

 

Following is the message of Jean Ping (Gabon), President of the fifty-ninth session of the General Assembly, on the occasion of International Women’s Day, observed 8 March:

UN MUST LIVE UP TO OWN CHARTER PRINCIPLES ON EQUAL RIGHTS FOR MEN, WOMEN,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN REMARKS AT HEADQUARTERS WOMEN’S DAY EVENT

Following are Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks at the International Women’s Day event hosted by the Group on Equal Rights for Women in the United Nations, to honour the Manager of the Year, in New York, 8 March:

Thank you, Madam President, for those kind words.

IN MESSAGE FOR INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY, SECRETARY-GENERAL CITES NEED FOR TARGETED

ACTION TO CHANGE HISTORICAL LEGACY PUTTING WOMEN AT DISADVANTAGE

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan for International Women’s Day, observed on 8 March:

In message for international day, Secretary-General says role of south-south

 

cooperation has never been more critical for reaching millennium goals

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation, 19 December: