THREATS FACED BY UN STAFF, NGOS, MEDIA REMAIN PROFOUND, SECRETARY-GENERAL

SAYS IN MESSAGE FOR DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH MISSING STAFF

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members, 25 March 2004:

ONLY RATIONAL, INFORMED POLITICAL, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RESPONSE CAN REDUCE

DISASTER VULNERABILITY, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN WATER DAY MESSAGE

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on World Water Day 2004, entitled “Water and Disasters:  Be informed and be prepared”:

Secretary-General names Advisory Board on Water AND Sanitation

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has used this year’s observance of World Water Day to announce the establishment of an Advisory Board on Water and Sanitation, to galvanize global action on these issues, which are central to the world’s hopes of eradicating poverty and achieving sustainable development.

TOLERANCE, INTER-CULTURAL DIALOGUE, RESPECT FOR DIVERSITY MORE ESSENTIAL THAN EVER,

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN MESSAGE FOR DAY TO ELIMINATE RACIAL DISCRIMINATION

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan for the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, 21 March 2004:

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR REDEDICATION TO MISSION OF HALTING,

REVERSING GLOBAL TB INCIDENCE, IN MESSAGE ON WORLD DAY

Following is Secretary General Kofi Annan’s message on the occasion of World TB Day, observed 24 March:

WOMEN REAL HEROES OF FIGHT AGAINST HIV/AIDS, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL,

AS INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY OBSERVED AT HEADQUARTERS

It was among women that the real heroes of the war against HIV/AIDS were to be found, Secretary-General Kofi Annan said this morning at the annual Headquarters observance of International Women’s Day, which this year focused on women and HIV/AIDS.

SECRETARY-GENERAL, MARKING WOMEN’S DAY, HAILS HEROIC LEADERS OF FIGHT

AGAINST HIV/AIDS, URGING THEIR FURTHER EMPOWERMENT

Society’s Inequalities Put Women

At Unjust, Unconscionable, Untenable Risk, He Says

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks on International Women’s Day in New York today, 8 March:

SECRETARY-GENERAL HAILS HEROIC WOMEN LEADING FIGHT IN HIV/AIDS EPIDEMIC, SAYS

THEIR FURTHER EMPOWERMENT KEY TO GLOBAL RESPONSE, IN WOMEN’S DAY MESSAGE

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on International Women’s Day, which is observed 8 March:

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN INTERNATIONAL MIGRANTS DAY MESSAGE,

UNDERLINES NEED TO MAXIMIZE BENEFITS OF MIGRATION

Following is the text of Secretary-GeneralKofi Annan’s message on International Migrants Day, 18 December 2003:

FAMILIES PLAY VITAL ROLE IN DEVELOPMENT, PEACE EFFORTS, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

AT LAUNCH OF TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF INTERNATIONAL YEAR

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the launch of the observance of the tenth anniversary of the International Year of the Family (2004) today: