Statements and Messages

SECRETARY-GENERAL PAYS TRIBUTE TO WINNERS OF 2002 NANSEN REFUGEE AWARD

FOR RESCUE OF 438 BOAT PEOPLE IN INDIAN OCEAN

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Nansen Refugee Award Ceremony in Oslo today, delivered by Ruud Lubbers, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees:

FURTHER REFORMS ARE ESSENTIAL, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN MESSAGE

TO ST. PETERSBURG ECONOMIC FORUM

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the

St. Petersburg Economic Forum, St. Petersburg, 18-22 June, delivered by Brigita Schmognerova, Executive Secretary, Economic Commission for Europe (ECE):

PREVENTION OF HIV/AIDS REQUIRES PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGNS, MOBILIZATION

OF ALL SECTORS OF SOCIETY, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

Theme of Day against Drug Abuse Is ‘Substance Abuse and HIV/AIDS’

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan for the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, 26 June:

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES GOODWILL AMBASSADORS

‘TO HELP US MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE’

Following are the remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at today’s meeting with Goodwill Ambassadors and Messengers of Peace:

Let me say how wonderful it is to see all of you in this room -- outstanding men and women from every region, from every faith, concerned about your fellow human being.

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRONGLY CONDEMNS ACTS OF INTIMIDATION

AGAINST UN MISSION IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

The following statement on the Democratic Republic of the Congo was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

SECRETARY-GENERAL CREDITS POLITICAL COMMITMENT OF TAJIK PARTIES,

INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY, WITH FORGING PEACE IN TAJIKISTAN

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the International Conference in commemoration of the fifth anniversary of the signing of the General Peace Agreement in Tajikistan, delivered on his behalf by Ivo Petrov, Representative of the Secretary-General for Tajikistan:

REFUGEE SITUATION HAS TAKEN ‘ALARMING TURN’ FOR WORSE IN SOME COUNTRIES,

SECRETARY-GENERAL WARNS

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to mark World Refugee Day, 20 June:

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOUNDATIONS, OTHER DONORS, LEADING AGENTS IN FIGHT

TO ATTAIN MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS

Following are the remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the meeting of foundations and other donors on the Campaign for the Millennium Development Goals, New York:

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DIGITAL DIVIDE STILL YAWNS, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS ASSEMBLY SESSION

ON INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES FOR DEVELOPMENT

Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the opening of the General Assembly plenary meeting on information and communication technologies for development, 17 June: