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:

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:

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES WIDER RATIFICATION OF MIGRANT RIGHTS CONVENTION,

IN MESSAGE TO MARK INTERNATIONAL MIGRANTS DAY

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on International Migrants Day, observed on 18 December 2004:

HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION CRITICAL PREREQUISITES FOR ACHIEVING PEACEFUL WORLD,

SAYS GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT AT HEADQUARTERS OBSERVANCE

 

Following is the statement by Jean Ping (Gabon), President of the General Assembly, at the opening of the plenary session commemorating the Decade of Human Rights Education in New York, 10 December:

Deputy Secretary-General’s human rights day message to General Assembly

stresses need to remember persisting abuses worldwide

 

She Describes Occasion as Opportunity

For Rededication to Essential Strategy of Human Rights Education

Following is the text of Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette’s statement to the General Assembly on Human Rights Day, observed in New York today, 10 December:

Secretary-General, in message to mark international human rights day,

says human rightS equip people to live in security, dignity

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on International Human Rights Day, observed on 10 December 2004:

universality is strength of volunteerism, Secretary-General says

in message to mark international volunteer day

 

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on International Volunteer Day, observed on 5 December 2004:

‘Slavery is not A THING OF the past’, Secretary-General reminds international

community, in message to mark International Day

 

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message for the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, observed on 2 December:

Secretary-General, marking international day of disabled persons,

 

calls for changes in thinking about their place in society

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on the International Day of Disabled Persons, observed on 3 December 2004: