Press Release

SECRETARY-GENERAL PRAISES ‘STRONG AND INVALUABLE’ PARTNERSHIP

BETWEEN CANADA, UN AT OTTAWA WELCOME CEREMONY

Following are Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks at a welcome ceremony hosted by the Governor-General in Ottawa, 8 March:

I am deeply moved by those kind words, and by this warm welcome.

Nane and I always look forward to visiting Canada, even though we don’t come here often enough.

SPECIAL COURT FOR SIERRA LEONE VITAL PART OF COUNTRY’S HEALING PROCESS,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO OPENING

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message for the opening of the buildings of the Special Court for Sierra Leone, delivered by Hans Correll, Legal Counsel of the United Nations, in Freetown, 10 March:

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR REDEDICATION TO MISSION OF HALTING,

REVERSING GLOBAL TB INCIDENCE, IN MESSAGE ON WORLD DAY

Following is Secretary General Kofi Annan’s message on the occasion of World TB Day, observed 24 March:

UNITED NATIONS SEEKS $35 MILLION FOR HAITI

Port-au-Prince/New York/Geneva, 9 March (OCHA) -- The United Nations today launched a Flash Appeal for Haiti for $35 million to meet emergency humanitarian needs created by the recent violence that has engulfed the country.  The Appeal will fund humanitarian aid over six months for more than 3 million people, mostly women and children, out of a total population of 8.3 million. 

SECRETARY-GENERAL PRAISES ‘STRONG AND INVALUABLE’ PARTNERSHIP

BETWEEN CANADA, UN AT OTTAWA WELCOME CEREMONY

Following are Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks at a welcome ceremony hosted by the Governor-General in Ottawa, 8 March:

I am deeply moved by those kind words, and by this warm welcome.

Nane and I always look forward to visiting Canada, even though we don’t come here often enough.

Commission on the Status of Women                          

Forty-eighth Session                                       

12^th Meeting (PM)

CANADA ‘PILLAR OF SUPPORT’ FOR UN LEADER IN PROMOTING PEACEFUL, GLOBAL

GOVERNANCE, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN ADDRESS TO PARLIAMENT

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s address to the Canadian Parliament in Ottawa, 9 March:

I am very pleased to be here in Ottawa today, and I thank the Prime Minister most warmly for giving me the opportunity to address you.

Regional conference on Small Arms, Light Weapons

in Almaty, Kazakhstan, 16 - 18 March

NEW YORK, 9 March (Department for Disarmament Affairs) -- Experts from the five Central Asian States -- Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan -— will attend a regional conference on the issue of small arms and light weapons in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on 16-18 March 2004.

WOMEN REAL HEROES OF FIGHT AGAINST HIV/AIDS, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL,

AS INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY OBSERVED AT HEADQUARTERS

It was among women that the real heroes of the war against HIV/AIDS were to be found, Secretary-General Kofi Annan said this morning at the annual Headquarters observance of International Women’s Day, which this year focused on women and HIV/AIDS.

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