‘For many, suffering mental and physical illness at the same time is the rule’,

Secretary-General says in message for World Mental Health Day

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan for World Mental Health Day, 10 October 2004:

The focus of this year’s World Mental Health Day, the co-occurrence of mental and physical illness, reflects the reality of people's experience.

DEATH TOLL RISES IN HAITI

 

SECRETARY-GENERAL ANNOUNCES AGREEMENT BY DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, RWANDA

 

on october LAUNCH of JOINT VERIFICATION MECHANISM

 

Following is a statement attributable to the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

Farm workers need to be better protected against pesticides;

FAO, UNEP call for stronger safety measures

 

(Reissued as received.)

Security Council                                           

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Plenary

5^th & 6^th Meetings (AM & PM)

AS GENERAL DEBATE CONTINUES, SOUTH AFRICAN PRESIDENT URGES UNITED STAND

IN TACKLING COMMON CHALLENGES CONFRONTING HUMANITY

Leaders Stress Role of Multilateralism in Solving

World Crises, Strengthening United Nations, Combating Global Poverty

SECRETARY-GENERAL SADDENED BY HEAVY LOSS OF LIFE FROM DEVASTATING FLOODS

IN HAITI, URGES QUICK INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT FOR RECOVERY

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

Statement by Ministerial meeting of International Committee

 

supporting transition in Democratic Republic of Congo

Following is the statement issued today by the Ministerial-Level Meeting of the Members of the International Committee in Support of the Transition in the Democratic Republic of the Congo:

SECRETARY-GENERAL ‘STRONGLY CONDEMNS’ SUICIDE BOMBING IN JERUSALEM, URGES

PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY TO TAKE ‘ALL NECESSARY MEASURES’ TO END TERROR

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

UN RESPONDS TO NEEDS IN FLOOD-STRICKEN HAITI