‘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:

SURGE IN DEMAND REFLECTS CONFIDENCE OF MEMBER STATES IN UN PEACEKEEPING

Headquarters Observance of Peacekeepers Day to Be Held on 27 May

SECRETARY-GENERAL HIGHLIGHTS CONSIDERABLE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES OF URBAN

 

GROWTH, URGES CREATION OF ‘GREEN CITIES’, IN WORLD DAY MESSAGE

 

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on World Environmental Day, observed on 5 June:

Role of biodiversity central in underpinning sustainable development, protecting

 

society, says Secretary-General in message for international day

Following is the text of the message by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan for the International Day for Biological Diversity, 22 May 2005:

STRONG, SUPPORTIVE FAMILY FIRST LINE OF DEFENCE AGAINST HIV/AIDS,

 

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE ON INTERNATIONAL DAY

 

Following is UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on the International Day of Families, observed 15 May:

IN MESSAGE FOR WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY, GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT STRESSES

NEED FOR RENEWED COMMITMENT TO FREER, MORE RESPONSIBLE JOURNALISM

Following is the message by Jean Ping (Gabon), President of the General Assembly, on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day, 3 May 2005:

IN MESSAGE FOR WORLD TELECOMMUNICATION DAY, SECRETARY-GENERAL

CALLS FOR ‘TRULY GLOBAL INFORMATION SOCIETY’ BENEFITING ALL

Following is the message by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan for World Telecommunications Day, 17 May 2005:

WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY SEMINAR EXAMINES ROLE OF NEWS MEDIA

IN PROMOTING TOLERANCE

Effects of ‘Hate’ Media Considered;

‘Ten Stories World Should Hear More About’ Introduced