Courage, perseverance of refugees in overcoming adversity inspiration,

 

says Secretary-General in message on international day

Following is UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on World Refugee Day observed 20 June:

At launch of progress report on millennium goals, Secretary-General says

 

2005 is ‘make-or-break’ year for world’s poor

Following is the text of remarks by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the launch of “The Millennium Development Goals Report 2005” in New York today:

Secretary-General to send personal envoy to Bolivia,

 

urges peaceful, democratic resolution to crisis

 

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

The Secretary-General continues to follow closely the situation in Bolivia and reiterates his concern about the critical juncture the country is going through.

Secretary-General, at film screening, says Sergio Vieira de mello’s ‘LEGACY

 

of light’ will inspire peacemakers for generations to come

Following are UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks at the screening of En Route to Baghdadin New York, 8 June:

People in many countries, on almost every continent, remember Sergio Vieira de Mello as someone who was there to help them in their hour of greatest need.

WOMEN IN DRY LANDS RANK AMONG ‘POOREST OF POOR’, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

IN DESERTIFICATION DAY MESSAGE

Following is the text of the message by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan for the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought, 17 June 2005:

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS ADDIS ABABA VIOLENCE, CALLS FOR CALM

WHILE ELECTION IRREGULARITIES ARE INVESTIGATED

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL OFFERS UN ASSISTANCE TO LAO GOVERNMENT

 

FOR RECENTLY RETURNED GROUP OF HMONG

 

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

Secretary-General welcomes United States, United Kingdom initiative

 

for significant increase in Africa emergency funding

 

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

NO COUNTRY -- RICH OR POOR -- IMMUNE TO CORRUPTION, PUBLIC GOOD ALWAYS SUFFERS,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO BRASILIA FORUM

 

Following is UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the fourth Global Forum on Fighting Corruption and Safeguarding Integrity, delivered by Antonio Maria Costa, Executive Director, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, in Brasilia, 7 June:

SECRETARY-GENERAL DISPATCHES SPECIAL ENVOY TO MEET WITH SYRIA’S PRESIDENT

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