Press Release SG/SM/8927 OBV/381 |
TRUE INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE NEEDED TO WIN FIGHT AGAINST HUNGER
SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN WORLD FOOD DAY MESSAGE
Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on World Food Day, observed 16 October:
Press Release SG/SM/8927 OBV/381 |
TRUE INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE NEEDED TO WIN FIGHT AGAINST HUNGER
SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN WORLD FOOD DAY MESSAGE
Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on World Food Day, observed 16 October:
Press Release SG/SM/8922 |
MULTILATERALISM CRUCIAL IN ‘AGE OF PROBLEMS WITHOUT PASSPORTS’, SECRETARY-GENERAL
TELLS AFRICAN-AMERICAN CIVIL SOCIETY LEADERS
Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan, delivered to the luncheon of African-American civil society leaders, held at Headquarters today:
Press Release SG/SM/8923 |
SECRETARY-GENERAL, AT 40TH ANNIVERSARY SEMINAR, RECALLS GUIDING WORDS FOR UN
OF POPE JOHN XXIII IN PAPAL ENCYCLICAL ‘PACEM IN TERRIS’
This is the text of the opening address by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at a seminar in New York City today to commemorate the fortieth anniversary of the Papal Encyclical, “Pacem in Terris”.
Press Release SG/SM/8918 |
SECRETARY-GENERAL STRONGLY DEPLORES ISRAELI AIR STRIKE ON SYRIAN TERRITORY
Following is a statement issued on 5 October by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
Press Release SG/SM/8920 |
‘WE MUST CONFRONT DEATH BY REAFFIRMING THE VALUE OF LIFE’,
SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN MESSAGE TO PRAYER SERVICE
Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Orthodox Christian prayer service for the United Nations community today, delivered by Joseph Stephanides, Director, Security Council Affairs Division, Department of Political Affairs:
Press Release SG/SM/8917 |
SECRETARY-GENERAL STRONGLY CONDEMNS HAIFA SUICIDE BOMBING,
URGES ALL PARTIES TO SHOW UTMOST RESTRAINT
Following is a statement issued by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan on 4 October:
Press Release SG/SM/8919 OBV/379 |
GOVERNMENTS MUST ENSURE ADEQUATE ATTENTION FOR SPECIAL NEEDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE,
SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN WORLD MENTAL HEALTH DAY MESSAGE
Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the occasion of World Mental Health Day, 10 October:
Press Release SG/SM/8921 DEV/2440 |
UNITED NATIONS, MORE THAN EVER, NEEDS STRONG, COHERENT DEVELOPMENT VOICE
SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL TO MEETING OF RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVES
Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s address to the global resident representatives meeting in Tarrytown, New York, on 6 October:
It is hard to believe that it has been almost four years since the last global meeting of resident representatives.
Press Release SG/SM/8916 |
SECRETARY-GENERAL CONGRATULATES INTER-PARLIAMENTARY UNION ON INAUGURATION
OF NEW HEADQUARTERS -- ‘HOUSE OF PARLIAMENTS’
Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message for the inauguration of the new headquarters of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, delivered by Sergei Ordzhonikidze, Director-General, United Nations Office in Geneva, 3 October:
Press Release SG/SM/8915 |
SECRETARY-GENERAL’S SPECIAL ENVOY CONCLUDES VISIT TO MYANMAR;
CONFIRMS DAW AUNG SAN SUU KYI WELL, IN GOOD SPIRITS
Following is a statement issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan: