Statements and Messages

Secretary-General, at sao paulo meeting, calls for creative

thinking on millennium goals to attack poverty

This is the text of remarks today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the high-level panel on Innovative Sources of Financing for Development, during the current ministerial conference of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in São Paulo, Brazil:

SECRETARY-GENERAL says application of experience, development goals,

new technologies should improve living standards for all

Statement at Opening of UNCTAD Ministerial Conference

In Brazil Urges Continued Liberalization of Trade Policies

SECRETARY-GENERAL addresses council for least developed countries

This is the text of the remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annanin São Paulo, Brazil, today at the fourth meeting of the Investment Advisory Council for the Least Developed Countries of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC):

SECRETARY-GENERAL’s remarks to Group of 77 meeting in sao paolo

This is the text of remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Saturday (12 June) at a special ministerial meeting of the “Group of 77” developing countries in Sao Paulo, Brazil:

Statement of SECRETARY-GENERAL to Civil Society forum in brazil

This is the text of remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at a Civil Society Forum in São Paulo, Brazil, yesterday (13 June):

When I come to major United Nations conferences, I always look forward to the civil society forum. It is often the best part.  And this one is no exception.

SECRETARY-GENERAL urges international support for interim governments,

pending elections in iraq, afghanistan

Message to Islamic Conference Also Calls on Members to Persuade

Sudan Authority to Disarm ‘Brutal’ Militia, Allow Humanitarian Aid

cairo programme ‘practical blueprint’ for reducing poverty, promoting development

in africa says SECRETARY-GENERAL in message to dakar meeting

SECRETARY-GENERAL condemns coup attempt in Democratic Republic of Congo

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

The Secretary-General condemns the attempted coup early today in Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

strong evidence ‘treatment for drug abuse can work’, says

SECRETARY-GENERAL in message on international day

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, observed 26 June:

three crises -– collective security, global solidarity, intolerance -– test

un system, us leadership, says Secretary-General at harvard commencement

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s commencement address at HarvardUniversity, entitled “Three crises, and the need for American leadership”, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on 10 June: