Secretary-general calls for renewed determination to ensure peace, development,

human rights for indigenous people, in international message

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on the International Day of the World Indigenous People observed 9 August:

POLICIES, LAWS SUPPORTING GROWTH ARE VITAL, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

IN MESSAGE MARKING INTERNATIONAL DAY OF COOPERATIVES

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on the International Day of Cooperatives, 3 July:

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES GREATER COMMITMENT TO PROMOTING WOMEN’S RIGHTS,

INVESTMENTS IN EDUCATION AS HE MARKS WORLD POPULATION DAY

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on the World Population Day, 11 July:

strong, effective public service vital to achieving global anti-poverty

goals says Secretary-General in message to headquarter ceremony

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the ceremony marking United Nations Public Service Day, delivered by Patrizio Civili, Assistant Secretary-General, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, in New York, 23 June:

‘a place called home – rebuilding lives of safety and dignity’ theme,

as United Nations commemorates world refugee day on 20 june

(Reissued as received.)

prohibition of torture ‘absolute’, binding on all states, in all circumstances,

says Secretary-General in message on international day

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, observed 26 June:

SECRETARY-GENERAL, in world refugee day message, notes key role of asylum

countries, urges continued aid for ressettlement efforts

This is the text of the message from Secretary-General Kofi Annan to mark the observance on 20 June of World Refugee Day:

strong evidence ‘treatment for drug abuse can work’, says

SECRETARY-GENERAL in message on international day

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, observed 26 June:

in message for day of un peacekeepers, Security Council president pays tribute

to those who have served for their professionalism, dedication, courage

Following is the text of the message from the President of the Security Council, Munir Akram (Pakistan), on the occasion of the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers (29 May):

LIVELIHOODS OF OVER ONE BILLION PEOPLE AT RISK FROM DESERTIFICATION,

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN MESSAGE ON INTERNATIONAL DAY

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought, 17 June 2004: