Secretary-General CALLS FOR CHANGE OF MINDSET AMONG BUSINESS LEADERS

IN REMARKS AT WALL STREET WORLD AIDS DAY EVENT

 

Corporate Programmes to Educate Workforce

Can Become Cornerstone of Global Prevention Campaign, He Stresses

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks at Wall Street World Aids Day in New York, today, 1 December 2004:

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES MYANMAR TO RELEASE DAW AUNG SAN SUU KYI,

SAYS CONTINUED DETENTION NOT HELPFUL TO NATIONAL RECONCILIATION

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

Secretary-General, in message to dakar forum, links work on water,

sanitation with wider effort to alleviate poverty

 

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the Global WASH Forum in Dakar, from today, 29 November to 3 December 2004:

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS EXPANDING MEMBERSHIP IN CHEMICAL WEAPONS TREATY ‘VITAL’

FOR INTERNATIONAL SECURITY, AS STATES PARTIES MEET IN THE HAGUE

 

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the ninth session of the Conference of the States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention, delivered by Sergei Ordzhonikidze, Director-General, United Nations Office in Geneva, in The Hague, 29 November:

UKRAINE:  SECRETARY-GENERAL REITERATES CALL FOR MAXIMUM RESTRAINT BY ALL

Following is a statement attributable to the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General has been following closely and with concern developments in Ukraine over the weekend as that nation struggles to resolve the crisis that has developed over the run-off presidential election on 21 November.

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES RENEWED COMMITMENT TO ‘REINVIGORATED’ MIDDLE EAST

PEACE PROCESS, ON DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH PALESTINIAN PEOPLE

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on the occasion of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, in New York, 29 November:

Secretary-General’s message to anti-hiv/aids group hails leadership,

integrity, courage of young people in struggle against disease

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to Dance4Life, in Cape Town on 27 November 2004, as delivered by Nafis Sadik, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for HIV/AIDS in Asia and the Pacific:

‘GLIMMERS OF HOPE’ IN AFRICA NOT ENOUGH - LASTING PEACE MUST BE ESTABLISHED,

 

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO LA FRANCOPHONIE SUMMIT

 

(Delayed for translation of text, originally delivered in French.)

New global consensus:  ‘Economic development must be harmonized with nature’,

says Secretary-General in message to Tokyo ‘Zero Emissions’ Symposium

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the Zero Emissions Tenth Anniversary Symposium, delivered by Hans van Ginkel, Rector, United Nations University, in Tokyo, 26 November:

UN studying peace plan submitted to Ethiopian Parliament

 

on 25 November, aimed at resolving conflict with Eritrea

 

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