SECRETARY-GENERAL, OBSERVING HUMAN RIGHTS DAY, STRESSES

THAT DEFENDING RIGHTS IS RESPONSIBILITY OF ALL

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on Human Rights Day, 10 December:

SECRETARY-GENERAL REITERATES NEED FOR POLITICAL SOLUTION TO ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN

CONFLICT IN STATEMENT TO COMMITTEE

Each Side Wounds Itself by Harming the Other,

He Says in Message to Mark International Day of Solidarity

‘LET US LISTEN TO DISABLED PERSONS –- NOT JUST ON THIS DAY, BUT EVERY DAY’,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE ON INTERNATIONAL DAY

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on the International Day of Disabled Persons, observed 3 December:

GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT, IN INTERNATIONAL DAY MESSAGE, CALLS FOR SUPPORT

FOR EFFORTS TO RESOLVE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT

Following is the statement by the President of the fifty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly, Julian Robert Hunte (Saint Lucia), on the occasion of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People:

PEACE, END TO OCCUPATION, SECURITY FOR ISRAELIS ALL POSSIBLE, SECRETARY-GENERAL

SAYS ON INTERNATIONAL DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH PALESTINIANS

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

‘INTOLERABLE AND UNACCEPTABLE’ PRACTICE OF SLAVERY HAS YET TO BE ERADICATED,

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN INTERNATIONAL DAY MESSAGE

Following is the message of Secretary-GeneralKofi Annan on the occasion of the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, 2 December:

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR TRANSFORMATION IN MEN’S ATTITUDES

TO END ALL FORMS OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

Message to Mark International Day also Urges

Changes in Oppressive Laws, Practices, Institutions

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, 25 November: 

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPLAUDS DEDICATION, COURAGE OF VOLUNTEERS

IN MESSAGE TO MARK INTERNATIONAL VOLUNTEER DAY

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on the International Volunteer Day, 5 December 2003:

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES KEY ROLE OF INDUSTRIALIZATION IN AFRICA’S EFFORTS

TO ACHIEVE DEVELOPMENT GOALS, INTEGRATE INTO GLOBAL ECONOMY

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Africa Industrialization Day, 20 November:

WORLD’S MOST POWERFUL MEDIUM OF COMMUNICATION CAN BE TREMENDOUS FORCE FOR GOOD,

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN WORLD TELEVISION DAY MESSAGE

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the occasion of World Television Day, 21 November: