WIN-WIN OUTCOMES POSSIBLE IF APPROACH TO MIGRATION IS RATIONAL, COMPASSIONATE,

SECRETARY-GENERAL ANNAN TELLS NEW GLOBAL COMMISSION

Following are the remarks made by Secretary-General Kofi Annan, at the launch of the Global Commission on International Migration today in Geneva:

WORLD POPULATION IN 2300 TO BE AROUND NINE BILLION, ACCORDING TO UN PROJECTIONS

ICT HAS TREMENDOUS POTENTIAL TO IMPROVE HEALTH, EDUCATION, GOVERNANCE, SAYS

SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE AT LAUNCH OF GHANA-INDIA KOFI ANNAN CENTRE

ANWARUL K. CHOWDHURY DESIGNATED SECRETARY-GENERAL OF 2004 MEETING

TO REVIEW ACTION PROGRAMME FOR SMALL ISLAND STATES

STRENGTHENED GLOBAL ECONOMIC RECOVERY INDICATED BY UN ECONOMIC SURVEY OF EUROPE

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Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Plenary

72^nd Meeting (AM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS 24 RESOLUTIONS, 2 DECISIONS

AS FOURTH COMMITTEE SUBMITS REPORTS TO PLENARY

Session Approves Texts on Refugees, Israeli Practices,

Decolonization, Information Questions, Outer Space, Radiation

Security Council

4877^th Meeting (AM & PM)

RECENT KILLINGS OF HUMANITARIAN WORKERS DEMONSTRATE CHANGING LANDSCAPE

FOR UN OPERATIONS, SECURITY COUNCIL TOLD BY HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS HEAD

Briefs on Challenges Faced in Protecting Civilians in Conflict Areas;

Speakers Welcome Updated Aide-Memoire on Objectives, 10 ‘Action Points’

STATEMENT BY International Advisory and Monitoring Board for Iraq

Organizational Meeting of International Advisory and Monitoring Board

OPEN, INCLUSIVE INFORMATION SOCIETY THAT EMPOWERS ALL PEOPLE

SHOULD BE GENEVA SUMMIT LEGACY, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

Following are Secretary-GeneralKofi Annan’s remarks at the official welcome ceremony for the World Summit on the Information Society, hosted by Pascal Couchepin, President of Switzerland, in Geneva, 9 December:

World Electronic Media Forum

PM Meeting

WORLD ELECTRONIC MEDIA FORUM OPENS

UN Secretary-General Says Electronic Media

Are among Most Important Vehicles of Peace, Progress and Solidarity

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