SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE FOR INTERNATIONAL DAY, APPLAUDS VITAL

CONTRIBUTION OF VOLUNTEERS IN GLOBAL SOCIETY-BULDING

This is the text of a message from Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the occasion of International Volunteer Day, 5 December:

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‘WHEN IT COMES TO VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, THERE ARE NO GROUNDS FOR TOLERANCE’,

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS REVISED INDUSTRIAL POLICIES, DIVERSIFICATION

ARE KEY ELEMENTS IN AFRICAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Message to Mark Africa Industrialization Day -– 20 November 2001

This is the text of a message from Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the occasion of Africa Industrialization Day, 20 November:

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE FOR INTERNATIONAL DAY OF TOLERANCE, SAYS RESPONSE

TO 11 SEPTEMBER ATTACKS HAS UNITED GLOBAL FAMILY AS NEVER BEFORE

This is the text of the message from Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the occasion of the International Day of Tolerance (being observed on 16 November):

AT HEADQUARTERS COMMEMORATION OF WORLD FOOD DAY 2001, SECRETARY-GENERAL

URGES REMOBILIZATION OF COMMITMENTS TO MILLENNIUM HUNGER GOALS

ON WORLD FOOD DAY, GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT STRESSES IMPORTANCE

OF UPCOMING CONFERENCE ON FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT

Following is the message of General Assembly President Han Seung-soo (Republic of Korea) to mark World Food Day, 18 October, delivered on his behalf by Assembly Vice-President Murarji Raj Sharma (Nepal):

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS MILLIONS MORE PEOPLE AROUND WORLD WILL BE VULNERABLE

TO POVERTY AS ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCE OF EVENTS OF 11 SEPTEMBER

Message for International Day Urges Renewed Commitment

To Millennium Declaration on Improving Conditions of Least-Advantaged

ALL AT UNITED NATIONS HONOURED, HUMBLED BY NOBEL PEACE PRIZE AWARD,

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN UN DAY MESSAGE

Following is the text of the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the occasion of United Nations Day, 24 October 2001:

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES REDEDICATION TO WAR AGAINST HUNGER, POVERTY,

IN MESSAGE ON WORLD FOOD DAY

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan on World Food Day, observed 16 October:

WOMEN’S ROLE IN COUNTERING NATURAL DISASTERS

International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction, 10 October

Every year, on the second Wednesday of October, the international community celebrates the International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction through global events to draw attention to measures which can be taken to reduce the negative impacts of natural disasters on vulnerable communities before disaster strikes.