Secretary-General, in message for holocaust victims memorial day,

stresses importance of reasserting commitment to human rights

Secretary-General, in message for south-south cooperation day, urges international

community to support stronger ties among developing countries

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on the United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation in New York today, 19 December:

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE TO MARK MIGRANTS’ DAY, STRESSES ROLE

 

OF INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION IN ENDING ABUSES

 

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on International Migrants’ Day, to be observed on 18 December:

WORLD HAS MORAL OBLIGATION TO FIGHT POVERTY, PROTECT HUMAN RIGHTS OF MOST VULNERABLE,

SAYS GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT IN HUMAN RIGHTS DAY MESSAGE

Secretary-General urges human rights activists to ‘fill leadership vacuum’,

hold world leaders to account, in address to international day event

Following is UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s address to mark International Human Rights Day in New York City, 8 December:

DECLARATION RINGS HOLLOW IN FACE OF DEPRIVATION, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

 

IN MESSAGE TO OBSERVE INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS DAY

 

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on International Human Rights Day, to be observed on 10 December:

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:

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: