Statements and Messages

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”.

MUCH GREATER EFFORTS NEEDED, OR ‘FEW AFRICAN COUNTRIES WILL MEET EVEN SOME’

MILLENNIUM GOALS, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS TOKYO CONFERENCE ON AFRICA

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the third Tokyo International Conference on African Development, delivered today by Ibrahim Gambari, Under-Secretary-General and Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Africa:

TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY MIDDLE EAST QUARTET

AT HEADQUARTERS, 26 SEPTEMBER

SECRETARY-GENERAL LAUDS QATAR AS VALUED UN MEMBER ON RECEIVING

PERSONAL AWARD FROM FOREIGN MINISTER

The following remarks were made by Secretary-General Kofi Annan upon receiving a personal award from the Government of the State of Qatar today:

Mr. Foreign Minister,

‘POWERFUL RESOURCE’ OF OLDER PERSONS MUST BE TAPPED FOR DEVELOPMENT

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE ON INTERNATIONAL DAY

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on the International Day of Older Persons, observed 1 October:

PROGRESS STILL ACHIEVABLE AFTER DISAPPOINTMENT OF CANCUN,

SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS GROUP OF 77 MINISTERIAL TALKS

Following is the address by Secretary-General Kofi Annan today to the Ministerial Meeting of the Group of 77:

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES FOLLOWING

HIGH-LEVEL MEETING ON DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL, AT HIGH-LEVEL MEETING ON DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO,

SAYS REAL HOPE EXISTS FOR PEACE, BUT ENORMOUS CHALLENGES LIE AHEAD

Following is the opening statement delivered today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the high-level meeting on the Democratic Republic of the Congo:

DEATH OF IRAQ GOVERNING COUNCIL MEMBER SADDENS SECRETARY-GENERAL

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