IN VIDEO MESSAGE, SECRETARY-GENERAL OFFERS TRIBUTE

 

TO JAMES WOLFENSOHN, PRESIDENT, WORLD BANK

Following is the text of the video message by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan for the tribute to James Wolfensohn, President, World Bank:

Dear Jim,

NON-SELF-GOVERNING PEOPLES MUST KNOW THEIR OPTIONS, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

IN MESSAGE TO CARIBBEAN DECOLONIZATION SEMINAR

 

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONGRATULATES KUWAIT ON ‘HISTORIC STEP’

OF GRANTING WOMEN RIGHT TO VOTE, RUN FOR PARLIAMENT

 

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

2005 OFFERS OPPORTUNITY TO CHART NEW, HOPEFUL COURSE FOR UN, SECRETARY-GENERAL

 

SAYS IN MESSAGE TO COUNCIL OF EUROPESUMMIT IN WARSAW

 

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the Third Summit of the Council of Europe, being held in Warsaw, from 16 to 17 May, as delivered by Veira Vike-Freiberga, President of Latvia and Envoy of the Secretary-General for the September 2005 Summit:

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES 14 MAY AGREEMENT ON CÔTE D’IVOIRE

 

DISARMAMENT, DEMOBILIZATION, REINTEGRATION

 

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL HIGHLIGHTS CONSIDERABLE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES OF URBAN

 

GROWTH, URGES CREATION OF ‘GREEN CITIES’, IN WORLD DAY MESSAGE

 

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on World Environmental Day, observed on 5 June:

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES 13 MAY ADOPTION OF DRAFT CONSTITUTION

BY NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

 

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

UN IS WORK IN PROGRESS, MUST MOVE WITH THE TIMES, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

IN UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS

 

Following is the text of the commencement address delivered today in Philadelphia by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the University of Pennsylvania:  A Future “In Larger Freedom”:

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS ON ALL PARTIES IN GUINEA-BISSAU TO REFRAIN

 

FROM EXACERBATing TENSIONS, UNDERMINING TRANSITIONAL PROCESS

The following statement was issued on 15 May by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEPLORES OUTBREAK OF VIOLENCE IN UZBEKISTAN,

 

CALLS FOR COOPERATION WITH REFUGEE AGENCY EMERGENCY TEAM

 

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