General assembly president stresses link between Racism, poverty

in message on world day to eliminate Racial Discrimination

Following is the message of General AssemblyPresident Jan Kavan (Czech Republic) on the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, observed 21 March:

‘TUBERCULOSIS CAN BE CONTROLLED, CURED AND PREVENTED’

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN WORLD DAY MESSAGE

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan on World Tuberculosis Day, observed 24 March:

FORTY YEARS AFTER SHARPEVILLE MASSACRE, FIGHT AGAINST RACISM NOT YET WON,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE ON INTERNATIONAL DAY

Following is the message of Secretary-GeneralKofi Annan on the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, which is observed 21 March:

WOMEN’S EQUALITY CRITICAL FOR REACHING MILLENNIUM SUMMIT DEVELOPMENT GOALS,

SAYS DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL TO WOMEN’S DAY OBSERVANCE

Following are the remarks of Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette to the International Women’s Day observance in New York:

MILLENNIUM SUMMIT GOALS CAN BE REACHED ONLY BY INVESTMENT IN WORLD’S WOMEN,

SAYS DEPUTY-SECRETARY-GENERAL, AS WOMEN’S DAY OBSERVED AT HEADQUARTERS

The international community could reach the development goals of the Millennium Summit by 2015 only by investing in the world’s women,

Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette said today, as the United Nations observed International Women’s Day in a Web cast event at Headquarters. 

WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT KEY TO ACHIEVING MILLENNIUM SUMMIT ANTI-POVERTY GOALS,

SAYS GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT ON INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY

Following is the message of the President of the General Assembly, Jan Kavan (Czech Republic), on International Women’s Day (8 March):

HUMAN COMMUNITY SHOULD BE LINKED IN COMMON EFFORT TO PROTECT, SHARE WATER EQUITABLY, SUSTAINABLY, PEACEFULLY SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL ON WORLD DAY

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan on World Water Day, which is observed 22 March:

WORK FOR DEVELOPMENT MUST FOCUS ON NEEDS, PRIORITIES OF WOMEN, SECRETARY-GENERAL

SAYS IN MESSAGE FOR INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan for International Women’s Day, 8 March 2003:

‘MOTHER LANGUAGE DAY’ SHOULD INSPIRE RESPECT, TOLERANCE FOR RICH CULTURAL

TRADITIONS, SAYS GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT IN OBSERVANCE MESSAGE

Following is the message of Jan Kavan (Czech Republic), President of the fifty-seventh session of the General Assembly, on International Mother Language Day, observed 21 February:

Launch of the United Nations

Literacy Decade

UNITED NATIONS LITERACY DECADE (2003-2012) LAUNCHED AT NEW YORK HEADQUARTERS

Let “Literacy for All” Be Battle Cry, Says Deputy Secretary-General

Let “literacy for all” be the battle cry for the next decade, said Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette at this morning’s launch at Headquarters of the United Nations Literacy Decade:  Education for All.