Statements and Messages

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE TO GLOBAL MINING INITIATIVE CONFERENCE,

NOTES MOBILIZATION OF ‘UNPRECEDENTED COALITION FOR CHANGE’

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the closing session of the Global Mining Initiative Conference, delivered on his behalf by George Kell, Executive Head of the Global Compact, in Toronto on 15 May:

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES AGREEMENT BY UNITED STATES, RUSSIAN FEDERATION

TO REDUCE NUCLEAR WEAPONS

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

The Secretary-General welcomes the announcement that the United States of America and the Russian Federation have agreed to sign a treaty to reduce their deployed strategic nuclear weapons substantially by the year 2012.

BOTH RICH AND POOR HAVE CLEAR INTEREST IN PROTECTING ENVIRONMENT,

PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

The following statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan, entitled “Towards a Sustainable Future”, (The American Museum of Natural History’s Annual “Environmental Lecture”) was delivered by Nane Annan in New York today:

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS, IN STRONGEST POSSIBLE TERMS,

TERRORIST ATTACK IN KASHMIR

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES INCORPORATION OF BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY

IN ELABORATION OF TRADE, ECONOMIC POLICIES

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan marking the International Day for Biological Diversity, 22 May:

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES ADMINISTERING POWERS TO FIND APPROPRIATE FUTURE

ARRANGEMENTS FOR NON-SELF-GOVERNING TERRITORIES

More Than 80 Million Have Achieved Self-Government

Since 1960, He Says in Message to Pacific Regional Seminar

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES HOLDING OF ELECTIONS IN SIERRA LEONE ON 14 MAY

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

IN INTERNATIONAL DAY OF FAMILIES MESSAGE, SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS

FOR REDOUBLING OF RESOLVE TO BUILD ‘A SOCIETY FOR ALL AGES’

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message for the International Day of Families, which will be observed on 15 May:

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS PRIVATE SECTOR RISING TO CHALLENGE OF GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP

IN REMARKS TO ‘PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP DIALOGUE’

Following are the remarks today of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Public-Private Partnership Dialogue, held during the General Assembly’s special session on children:

SECRETARY-GENERAL PRAISES ‘VISIONARY LEADERSHIP’ OF BILL, MELINDA GATES,

IN REMARKS AT UNITED NATIONS ASSOCIATION-USA DINNER

Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the United Nations Association-USA dinner honouring Bill and Melinda Gates and the Gates Foundation, in New York on 8 May: