Statements and Messages

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.

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:

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:

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:

SECRETARY-GENERAL DISTURBED BY ISRAEL’S DECISIONS

ON SEPARATION WALL, NEW SETTLEMENTS

Following is a statement issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

SECRETARY-GENERAL, CONCERNED BY CÔTE D’IVOIRE DEVELOPMENTS,

URGES PARTIES TO SEEK SOLUTION THROUGH DIALOGUE

Following is a statement issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONGRATULATES AD HOC COMMITTEE ON SUCCESSFUL CONCLUSION

OF NEGOTIATIONS ON UN CONVENTION AGAINST CORRUPTION

WORLD’S PARLIAMENTARIANS ‘CAN DO MUCH’ TO ADVANCE UNITED NATIONS

REFORM AGENDA, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS IPU ASSEMBLY

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the 109^th  Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Assembly, as delivered today in Geneva by Sergei Ordzhonikidze, Director-General, United Nations Office in Geneva:

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES ASSUMPTION OF DUTIES BY UN MISSION IN LIBERIA

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

BUILDING SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES KEY TO REDUCING VULNERABILITY TO NATURAL HAZARDS,

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS ON INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR DISASTER REDUCTION

Following is the message of Secretary-GeneralKofi Annan for the International Day for Disaster Reduction, 8 October:

The theme of this year’s International Day for Disaster Reduction is “turning the tide on disasters towards sustainable development”.