SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES RENEWED COMMITMENT TO ‘REINVIGORATED’ MIDDLE EAST

PEACE PROCESS, ON DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH PALESTINIAN PEOPLE

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on the occasion of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, in New York, 29 November:

Secretary-General calls for steps to unleash Africa’s productive energies,

 

in message on Africa Industrialization Day

 

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on Africa Industrialization Day, observed on 20 November:

The theme of this year’s observance of Africa Industrialization Day is “Strengthening Productive Capacity for Poverty Reduction within the Framework of NEPAD”.

Secretary-General, in International Day message, stresses NEED

to protect women, eliminate violence against them

 

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, observed on 25 November:

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.

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.

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.)