GLOBAL RESPONSE TO HIV/AIDS SIGNIFICANT, BUT INSUFFICIENT TO SCALE

OF EPIDEMIC, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL TO HIGH-LEVEL UN MEETING

Following are UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks at the General Assembly High-Level Meeting on HIV/AIDS, in New York, 2 June:

Four years ago, the United Nations General Assembly met in a special session and unanimously committed itself to addressing the scourge of HIV/AIDS.

HIV/AIDS EPIDEMIC ‘GREAT CHALLENGE OF OUR AGE AND OUR GENERATION’,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL AT UN PRESS BRIEFING

Following are UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks at a press briefing for the General Assembly High-Level Meeting on HIV/AIDS, in New York, 2 June:

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRONGLY CONDEMNS KILLING

 

OF PROMINENT LEBANESE JOURNALIST IN BEIRUT

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

The Secretary-General strongly condemns the killing, in a bomb blast in Beirut, of Samir Kassir, a prominent and outspoken Lebanese journalist, and another person in Beirut earlier today.  He expresses his condolences to the families of both victims.

SECRETARY-GENERAL THANKS HISTORY PROJECT FOR TIMELY PUBLICATION OF ‘UN VOICES’,

‘THE POWER OF UN IDEAS’ DURING IMPORTANT YEAR OF ORGANIZATION

Following are UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks at an event to mark the publication of two volumes by the United Nations Intellectual History Project, in New York, 1 June:

It is a great pleasure for Nane and me to be here.

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES PLANNED OPENING OF UN HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICE IN GUATEMALA

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

Secretary-General outraged by ‘senseless attack’

 

on mosque in kandahar, afghanistan

 

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

ONLY POLITICAL SETTLEMENT CAN RESOLVE DARFUR CONFLICT, SECRETARY-GENERAL

TELLS CONSTITUTIONAL REVIEW COMMISSION IN SUDAN

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s statement to the National Constitutional Review Commission in Rumbek, Sudan on 29 May:

Chairman John Garang,

SECRETARY-GENERAL ‘VERY ENCOURAGED’ BY DEMOCRATIC CONDUCT

 

OF LEBANESE PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS

 

The following statement was issued on 29 May by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES PURSUIT OF INCLUSIVE, PARTICIPATORY,

TRANSPARENT CONSTITUTIONAL PROCESS IN IRAQ

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES ACTIVE INVOLVEMENT OF CIVIL SOCIETY

IN AARHUS CONVENTION ON ACCESS TO INFORMATION