SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES CONTINUING VIGILANCE IN PROTECTING OZONE LAYER

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer, on 16 September:

Life started to develop significantly on our planet only after the ozone layer was in place in the stratosphere to filter out harmful levels of sunlight.  The battle to repair this life-sustaining system is far from over.

LITERACY ‘A PREREQUISITE FOR PEACE’, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

IN MESSAGE FOR ANNUAL DAY

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan for International Literacy Day, 8 September:

CONSENSUS TRADITION CAN CONTRIBUTE TO CONFLICT RESOLUTION,

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN INDIGENOUS PEOPLE'S DAY MESSAGE

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan for the International Day of the World's Indigenous People, today, 9 August:

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REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH A KEY TOOL IN WIDER BATTLE AGAINST POVERTY,

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN POPULATION DAY MESSAGE

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

SALUTING INTERNATIONAL DAY IN SUPPORT OF TORTURE VICTIMS, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

TERMS OF CONVENTION REMAIN ‘TRUE AND RELEVANT’ AS EVER

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES ‘WIDEST POSSIBLE USE’ OF COOPERATIVE EXPERIENCE

IN SERVICE OF GLOBAL COMMUNITY

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annanon the occasion of the International Day of Cooperatives, 6 July:

PREVENTION OF HIV/AIDS REQUIRES PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGNS, MOBILIZATION

OF ALL SECTORS OF SOCIETY, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

Theme of Day against Drug Abuse Is ‘Substance Abuse and HIV/AIDS’

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan for the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, 26 June:

REFUGEE SITUATION HAS TAKEN ‘ALARMING TURN’ FOR WORSE IN SOME COUNTRIES,

SECRETARY-GENERAL WARNS

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to mark World Refugee Day, 20 June:

ANTI-DESERTIFICATION CONVENTION KEY ELEMENT IN QUEST FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL ON WORLD DAY TO COMBAT DESERTIFICATION AND DROUGHT

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought, which is observed 17 June:

Desertification and drought pose a worldwide threat with serious economic, environmental and socio-political implications.