SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES UNITED STATES COMMITMENT OF $1 BILLION

TO FIGHT MALARIA IN AFRICA

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

‘LET US RESOLVE TO EMPOWER WOMEN AND GIRLS BY OUR COMMITMENT TO GENDER EQUALITY’,

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN MESSAGE FOR WORLD POPULATION DAY

Following is the text of the message by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan for World Population Day, 11 July 2005:

2005 WORLD SUMMIT MUST TAKE BOLD STEPS TOWARD MAKING POVERTY HISTORY,

 

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN ADDRESS TO ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL

Following is UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s address to the High-Level Segment of the Economic and Social Council, in New York, 29 June:

SECRETARY-GENERAL UPDATES SECURITY COUNCIL ON OIL-FOR-FOOD INVESTIGATION;

 

DISCUSSION CONCERNS TIMETABLE, BUDGET, DOCUMENT REQUEST

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

‘ALL-OUT GLOBAL EFFORT’ NEEDED TO MEET ANTI-POVERTY GOALS BY 2015,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO ISLAMIC CONFERENCE SESSION

Following is UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the thirty-second session of the Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers, in Sana’a, 28-30 June, delivered by Ali Alatas, Envoy of the Secretary-General for the September 2005 Summit,:

EUROPEAN UNION HAS KEY ROLE TO PLAY IN FURTHERING DEVELOPMENT PROCESS,

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN REMARKS TO EU LUNCHEON

Following is the text of today’s remarks by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the lunch hosted by the European Union, in conjunction with the General Assembly High-level Dialogue on Financing for Development:

SECRETARY-GENERAL DELIGHTED AT WILLINGNESS OF KAREN ABUZAYD

 

TO SERVE AS UNRWA COMMISSIONER-GENERAL

 

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

POVERTY NOT ONLY MUST BE DEFEATED, IT CAN BE, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS

GENERAL ASSEMBLY HIGH-LEVEL MEETING ON DEVELOPMENT FINANCING

Following is the text of remarks today by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the General Assembly High-Level Dialogue on Financing for Development:

It is a pleasure to welcome you to the United Nations.

‘BETTER STANDARDS OF LIFE IN LARGER FREEDOM’ NOW WITHIN REACH, SECRETARY-GENERAL

SAYS IN COMMEMORATION OF 60^TH ANNIVERSARY OF UN CHARTER

Following is the statement, as delivered today, by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the meeting at Headquarters commemorating the 60^th anniversary of the United Nations Charter:

SECRETARY-GENERAL ASKS PRESIDENT OF KYRGYZSTAN TO ENSURE THAT NO FURTHER

 

UZBEK ASYLUM-SEEKERS ARE FORCIBLY RETURNED TO UZBEKISTAN

The following statement was issued on 25 June by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan: