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:

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:

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:

‘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:

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:

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: