‘MAGNIFICENT CONTRIBUTION’ OF VOLUNTEERS IN ADVANCING UN IDEALS

CITED BY SECRETARY-GENERAL IN REMARKS AT HEADQUARTERS EVENT

Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the special event to mark the close of the International Year of Volunteers 2001 at Headquarters 5 December:

One year ago, I had the pleasure of taking part in the opening ceremony of the International Year of Volunteers.

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE FOR DAY OF DISABLED PERSONS, SAYS GOAL

IS ‘SOCIETY FOR ALL’, RECOGNIZING SKILLS WITH NO DISCRIMINATION

This is the text of a message from Secretary-General Kofi Annan to mark the observance, on 3 December, of the International Day of Disabled Persons:

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE FOR INTERNATIONAL DAY, APPLAUDS VITAL

CONTRIBUTION OF VOLUNTEERS IN GLOBAL SOCIETY-BULDING

This is the text of a message from Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the occasion of International Volunteer Day, 5 December:

MARKING INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR ABOLITION OF SLAVERY, SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES

NATIONS TO ‘REAFFIRM OUR COMMITMENT TO THIS CAUSE’

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to mark the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, 2 December:

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‘WHEN IT COMES TO VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, THERE ARE NO GROUNDS FOR TOLERANCE’,

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS REVISED INDUSTRIAL POLICIES, DIVERSIFICATION

ARE KEY ELEMENTS IN AFRICAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Message to Mark Africa Industrialization Day -– 20 November 2001

This is the text of a message from Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the occasion of Africa Industrialization Day, 20 November:

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE FOR INTERNATIONAL DAY OF TOLERANCE, SAYS RESPONSE

TO 11 SEPTEMBER ATTACKS HAS UNITED GLOBAL FAMILY AS NEVER BEFORE

This is the text of the message from Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the occasion of the International Day of Tolerance (being observed on 16 November):

ON WORLD FOOD DAY, GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT STRESSES IMPORTANCE

OF UPCOMING CONFERENCE ON FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT

Following is the message of General Assembly President Han Seung-soo (Republic of Korea) to mark World Food Day, 18 October, delivered on his behalf by Assembly Vice-President Murarji Raj Sharma (Nepal):

AT HEADQUARTERS COMMEMORATION OF WORLD FOOD DAY 2001, SECRETARY-GENERAL

URGES REMOBILIZATION OF COMMITMENTS TO MILLENNIUM HUNGER GOALS

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS MILLIONS MORE PEOPLE AROUND WORLD WILL BE VULNERABLE

TO POVERTY AS ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCE OF EVENTS OF 11 SEPTEMBER

Message for International Day Urges Renewed Commitment

To Millennium Declaration on Improving Conditions of Least-Advantaged