GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT URGES MEMBER STATES TO HONOUR DIVERSITY

OF THEIR INDIGENOUS PEOPLE IN MESSAGE ON INTERNATIONAL DAY

Following is the message from Jan Kavan (Czech Republic), President of the fifty-seventh session of the General Assembly, on the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, observed 9 August:

STRATEGIES NEEDED TO OFFER YOUNG CHANCE AT DECENT, PRODUCTIVE WORK

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL ON INTERNATIONAL YOUTH DAY

Following is Secretary-GeneralKofi Annan’s message on International Youth Day, observed 12 August:

INDIGENOUS PEOPLES RICH AND INTEGRAL PART OF HUMAN TAPESTRY, HAVE MUCH

TO BE PROUD OF, MUCH TO TEACH, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

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

ADOLESCENTS HAVE RIGHT TO HEALTH-CARE SERVICES AND INFORMATION,

GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT SAYS ON WORLD POPULATION DAY

Following is the message by the President of the General Assembly, Jan Kavan (Czech Republic), to mark World Population Day (11 July), this year’s theme being “One Billion Adolescents:  the Right to Health, Information and Services”:

INFORMATION, SERVICES CRUCIAL TO FIGHT AGAINST AIDS, BROADER QUEST FOR GOOD

HEALTH, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN POPULATION DAY MESSAGE

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan for World Population Day, 11 July:

UN EFFORTS AGAINST TORTURE WILL PERSIST UNTIL ‘ATROCIOUS PRACTICE’

HAS VANISHED, SAYS GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT ON INTERNATIONAL DAY

Following is the message of Jan Kavan (Czech Republic), President of the General Assembly, on the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, observed on 26 June:

COOPERATIVES PROVIDE VITAL HEALTH, HOUSING, BANKING SERVICES,

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN MESSAGE FOR INTERNATIONAL DAY

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan for the United Nations International Day of Cooperatives, 5 July 2003:

GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT CALLS FOR RECOMMITMENT TO INTERNATIONAL

COOPERATION TO CONTROL ILLICIT DRUGS

Following is the message by General AssemblyPresident Jan Kavan (Czech Republic), for the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, 26 June:

GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT, IN REFUGEE DAY MESSAGE, SALUTES COURAGE

OF DISPLACED ‘AS THEY STRIVE TOWARDS BETTER LIVES’

Following is the message from Jan Kavan (Czech Republic), President of the General Assembly, on World Refugee Day, observed 20 June:

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR RATIFICATION BY ALL STATES OF CONVENTION

AGAINST TORTURE, OPTIONAL PROTOCOL, IN MESSAGE FOR INTERNATIONAL DAY

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan for the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, 26 June: