‘MOTHER LANGUAGE DAY’ SHOULD INSPIRE RESPECT, TOLERANCE FOR RICH CULTURAL

TRADITIONS, SAYS GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT IN OBSERVANCE MESSAGE

Following is the message of Jan Kavan (Czech Republic), President of the fifty-seventh session of the General Assembly, on International Mother Language Day, observed 21 February:

Launch of the United Nations

Literacy Decade

UNITED NATIONS LITERACY DECADE (2003-2012) LAUNCHED AT NEW YORK HEADQUARTERS

Let “Literacy for All” Be Battle Cry, Says Deputy Secretary-General

Let “literacy for all” be the battle cry for the next decade, said Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette at this morning’s launch at Headquarters of the United Nations Literacy Decade:  Education for All.

LITERACY A PREREQUISITE FOR A HEALTHY, JUST, PROSPEROUS WORLD, DEPUTY

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS AT LAUNCH OF UN LITERACY DECADE

Following is the text of remarks as delivered today, by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette to mark the launch of the United Nations Literacy Decade:

MARKING INTERNATIONAL MIGRANTS DAY, GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT STRESSES DIALOGUE,

COOPERATION IN MANAGING MIGRATION WITH DIGNITY

Following is the message by Jan Kavan, President of the Fifty-seventh session of the General Assembly, marking International Migrants Day, 18 December 2002:

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WORLD COMMUNITY MUST RECONCILE ANTI-TERRORISM STRUGGLE WITH RESPECT

GRAVE CONSEQUENCES AWAIT IF MILLENNIUM GOALS ON WATER, SANITATION GO

UNMET, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN MESSAGE FOR YEAR OF FRESHWATER

Developed Countries Also at Risk from Further

Environmental Damage, Food Insecurity, Instability, He Warns

Following is the text of a message issued by Secretary-General Kofi Annan today in observance of the International Year of Freshwater (2003):

VOLUNTEERISM’S POTENTIAL IN ATTAINING UNITED NATIONS MILLENNIUM GOALS

IS ‘UNTAPPED AND UNLIMITED’, GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT SAYS

Following is the message by Mr. Jan Kavan, President of the General Assembly, for the International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development, 5 December:

GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT CALLS FOR REAFFIRMED COMMITMENT TO EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

FOR DISABLED PERSONS, IN MESSAGE ON INTERNATIONAL DAY

Following is the message of Jan Kavan (Czech Republic), President of the fifty-seventh session of the General Assembly, on the International Day of Disabled Persons, 3 December:

DAY OF PALESTINIAN SOLIDARITY `A DAY OF MOURNING

AND A DAY OF GRIEF’, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s statement on International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, delivered on his behalf by S. Iqbal Riza, Under-Secretary-General and Chef de Cabinet, New York, 29 November: