NO SOCIETY CAN FLOURISH WITHOUT PROMOTING ‘ESSENTIAL VIRTUE’ OF TOLERANCE,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE ON INTERNATIONAL DAY

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on the International Day of Tolerance, observed 16 November:

no conflict is too remote to affect local environment, Secretary-General says

in message to mark international day to prevent exploitation

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on the International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflicts to be observed on 6 November:

World is better place because of United Nations, but ‘We can do better’,

Secretary-General says at UN day concert

 

Following are the remarks delivered on 25 October by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the United Nations Day Concert in New York:

Happy United Nations Day, everyone!  What better way to celebrate this day than through the universal language of music?

General Assembly president’s United Nations day message stresses

need to strengthen organization through reform

 

Following is the statement by the President of the General Assembly, Jean Ping (Gabon), on the occasion of the United Nations Day, 24 October:

This United Nations Day provides us with an opportunity to renew our attachment to the ideals of peace and security, as well as sustainable development.

World Food Day Ceremony

Secretary-General says loss of biodiversity should raise ‘loudest of alarms’

 

in world food day message delivered by deputy Secretary-General

Presidents of General Assembly, Economic and Social Council,

Head of Food and Agriculture Organization Also Address Special Ceremony

(Issued on 19 October 2004.)

Maintaining biodiversity for food security must be global priority,

says Deputy Secretary-General in World Food Day remarks

 

Following are Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette’s remarks on World Food Day in New York, 18 October:

‘I believe we can build a better United Nations’,

 

Secretary-General says in message for UN Day

 

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan for United Nations Day, 24 October 2004:

Today is United Nations Day.

ON twenty-fifTH ANNIVERSARY OF WOMEN’S RIGHTS CONVENTION, COMMITTEE NOTES

 

PROGRESS, BUT FULL EQUALITY STILL TO BE ACHIEVED

(Issued on 14 October 2004.)

The twenty-fifth anniversary of the adoption of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women was observed at the United Nations Headquarters on 13 October at an event attended by a number of persons involved in the issue over the years.

Secretary-General, in World Food Day message, urges greater attention

 

to role of biodiversity in fight against hunger

 

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

Secretary-General’s message for International Day for Eradication of Poverty

Following is the text of the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to mark the observance on 17 October of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty: