Selected DPI and UN System Press Releases Last updated 16 January 2012

January 2012 Global Sustainability Panel Says a “Future worth Choosing” Must Be Based On True Costs to People and the Environment Together, Nothing Is Impossible-Ban December 2011 Ensuring Migrants Health Essential To Addressing Health Inequities, Says IOM World People Mobilized To Demand Their Rights Enshrined In UDHR-Ban Together For A Better World For All Including Persons With Disabilities In Development November 2011 A World With Zero New HIV Infections HIV Infections Have Fallen By More Than 20 Per Cent Since 1997—UN Chief UN Chief Calls For A Just And Lasting Peace In The Middle East UN Launches Campaign For Rio+20 Featuring Global Conversation On The Future We Want Harness Energy, Ideas And Leadership Of Young People To End Violence Against Women-UN Chief Nearly 50% Of People Who Are Eligible For Antiretroviral Therapy Now Have Access To Lifesaving Treatment Road Accidents Kill 3,500 People Each Day Environmental Trends Threaten Global Progress For The Poor, Warns 2011 Human Development Report The Clock Is Ticking By Ban Ki-Moon October 2011 Additional Investments In Youth Needed As World Population Tops 7 Billion, States UNFPA Report UNODC estimates that criminals may have laundered us$ 1.6 trillion in 2009 Stand For The Poorest, Most Vulnerable In The Name Of Global Peace, Social Justice-Ban 89% Of Hungry Live In Developing Countries-FAO Build A World Free Of Poverty UN Chief: Food Price Volatility Devastating For The Poor Tuberculosis On The Decline For First Time Ever – UN Report Investing In Mental Health Six Million New Teachers Needed To Ensure UN Goal Of Universal Primary Education UN Official Condemns Killing Of Iranian Journalist In Afghanistan Ban Calls For Greater Attention On Addressing Climate Change In World’s Cities UN Chief: Durable Ends Such As Peace Can Only Come Through Durable Means – Non-Violence September 2011 UN Chief Calls On Governments To Provide More Opportunities For Older Persons Tourism A Force For A More Tolerant, Open And United World-UN Chief UN Works for Dignity, Security and Opportunity for All Let’s Fight Racism-- By Navi Pillay, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights UN: Economic Troubles Make Delivery On Anti-Poverty Commitments Even More Urgent As Global Population Nears 7 Billion, UN Capitalizes On New Opportunities Only By Limiting Global Climate Change Sustainable Development Can Be Achieved-UN Chief Democracy Provides The Foundations For Durable Peace, Security And Development-Ban UN-Convened Coalition Of Financiers Warns Of Huge Costs Of Failure To Protect Forests Beyond Kyoto Illiteracy Continues To Afflict Millions Of People, Especially Women, Girls-Ban UN T-Shirt Competition On Equality And Respect For Women And Girls August 2011 Ban Calls For A Safer, Saner World For All On World Humanitarian Day UN Chief Honours Aid Workers UN Chief Calls On Youth To Change The World UN Chief Calls For Strengthening The Rights, Supporting The Aspirations Of Indigenous Peoples July 2011 Afghan Opiates Remain Global Threat, Says New UNODC Study Asia-Pacific Trade Rebounds To Pre-Crisis Levels; Untapped Potential In Intraregional Trade And Climate-Smart Goods, Says ESCAP UNFPA Intensifies Lifesaving Support For Mothers’ Needs In Horn Of Africa Famine In Somalia By Ban Ki-moon Taking Action For Others, Inspiring Change Best Way To Thank Nelson Mandela For His Work-Ban Earth’s Seven Billionth Inhabitant Will Be Born In 2011 A New Nation Is Born -- By Ban Ki-Moon Major Progress Towards Millennium Development Goals, But The Most Vulnerable Are Left Behind, UN Report Says New UN Report Calls For End To Injustices Faced By Millions Of Women Worldwide Young People Valuable Partners In Strengthening Cooperative Movement-UN Chief June 2011 Persian Gardens Added To UN World Heritage List Families, Schools, Civil Society And Religious Organizations Can Do Their Part To Rid Their Communities Of Drugs—UN Chief Ban Urges All States To Respect Fundamental Rights Of All People Reduce Suffering Of 245m. Widows In The World –UN Chief Spare A Thought For Millions Of Refugees- Ban Management, Conservation And Sustainable Development Of Dry Forests Central To Combating Desertification-UN Chief Bold New Aids Targets Set By World Leaders For 2015 AIDS At 30—No Looking Back--By: Michel Sidibé Protect Marine Environment For Present, Future Generations--UN Chief World Environment Day’s Message: Fulfill The Promise Of The Earth Summit Timely Commitment From Top Leadership At Aids Meeting May 2011 Tobacco Could Kill 1b People In 21th Century 173 UN Peacekeepers Lost Their Lives In 2010 Conserve All Types Of Forests-UN Chief Peace, Solidarity Can Only Be Accomplished By Acknowledging Diversity-UN Chief Achieving Development Through Connecting Rural Communities To Digital Revolution Family-Focused Strategies Help End Cycles Of Poverty-UN Chief Road Crashes Kill Nearly 1.3 M. People Annually-UN Chief Mega-Fires May Be Contributing To Climate Change, UN Report Finds Renewable Sources Can Meet Most Global Energy Demands – UN-Backed Report Readout Of Secretary-General’s Meeting With H.E. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, President Of The Islamic Republic Of Iran Ban Urges Poor Nations' Leaders To Create Conditions For Economic Development Poor Countries Bid To Halt The Cycle Of Poverty Asia-Pacific To Remain Global Economy Driver In 2011 Global Population To Pass 10 Billion By 2100, UN Projections Indicate All People Should Benefit From New Media, Communication Technologies-UN Chief UN Calls On Governments To Promote Freedom Of Expression In Print, On Airwaves, Online April 2011 A Visit To Chernobyl By Ban Ki-Moon Ban Calls For Elimination Of Chemical Weapons World Free Of Malaria Will Be A Safer, Healthier World For All Opium Cultivation In Afghanistan Expected To Fall Despite High Prices – UN Antimicrobial Resistance Needs To Be Urgently Addressed- Ban Ensure Rwanda Genocide Never Occur Again-Ban Readout Of Secretary-General’s Telephone Conversation With President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran Ban Calls For Increased Support For Mine Awareness, Action March 2011 The UN Secretary-General -- Message For Earth Hour 2011 The UN Secretary-General -- Message On The International Day Of Nowruz – 21 March 2011 UN General Assembly Resolution On International Day Of Nowruz UN Population Prize Awarded To Iranian Demographer And African Institute Special Representative Of The UN Secretary General For Iraq Ad Melkert Concludes Successful Visit To Iran It’s Time To Unleash The Full Potential Of Women-UNFPA Chief Just Society Only With Full, Equal Participation Of Women-Ban INCB: Designer Drugs Are Escalating Out Of Control February 2011 UN Officials Call On Libyan Authorities to Protect People 80% Of World’s People Lack Access To Adequate Social Protection-Ban End Violence And Free Those Detained, UN Rights Chief Tells Egypt UN Experts Call For A Moratorium On Death Penalty In The Islamic Republic Of Iran Alarmed At Rise In Killings, UN Rights Chief Urges Iran To Halt Executions First Observance Of World Interfaith Harmony Week January 2011 UNESCO TEHRAN AND IRNA START OFF A SERIES OF PRESENTATION ON UNESCO’S WORKS RISING OPIUM PRICES THREATEN CAMPAIGN AGAINST AFGHAN DRUG PRODUCTION – UN UN Human Rights Chief To Send Team To Tunisia, Says Over 100 Have Died During Protests Ban Calls For Global Revolution To Ensure Clean Energy For All From Fighting Poverty To Building Safer World, UN Chief Outlines Priorities For 2011 UN Relief Wing Allocates $84 Million For 15 Neglected Emergencies Worldwide UN Human Rights Chief Condemns Widespread Attacks On Religious Minorities December 2010 UN Secretary-General Condemned Suicide Bombing In Chabahar On International Migration Day UN Chief Urges States To Ratify Convention On Rights Of Migrant Workers Cultural Diversity A Way To Build Tolerance, Overcome Discrimination Key UN Experts Warn That Voices Against Discrimination Must Not Be Silenced Protect Human Rights Defenders-Ban Ethical Organizational Culture Best Antidote To Corruption-Ban Zero New HIV Infections, Discrimination, Aids-Related Deaths November 2010 First Part Of MDG 6 On Halting, Reversing HIV Achieved-Ban Ban To Do His Best For A Lasting Peace In Middle East At Least 56 Countries Have Either Stabilized Or Achieved Significant Declines In Rates Of New HIV Infections Be Responsible For Eradication Of Violence Against Women-Ban 1.3m People Die Annually Due To Road Accidents-UN Chief On the occasion of Int’l Day of Tolerance, Ban Calls For Dialogue, Understanding Among All Communities 220 M. People Have Diabetes The UNDF Invites Civil Society Organizations To Apply For Funding October 2010 Access To Mobile Networks Available To Over 90% Of World Population World Offers Vast New Possibilities For Common Progress, Despite Problems-Ban The World’s Women 2010: Trends And Statistics Key Findings For Asia New UNFPA Report Links Peace, Security And Development To Women’s Rights And Empowerment Statistics Are A Vital Tool For Economic And Social Development-Ban A World Of Decent Work For All World Food Day Or No Food Day Ban Calls On Governments To Ensure Full Range Of Rights For Rural Women Reduce Disaster Risks By Making Cities Resilient-Ban No Health Without Mental Health Better City, Better Life September 2010 Ban Ki-Moon Urges Governments To Do More For Older Persons Tourism And Biodiversity IOM Holds Training Course For Iranian Journalists UN Summit Concludes With Adoption Of Global Action Plan To Achieve Development Goals By 2015 On The International Day Of Peace UN Chief Calls For Peace, Prosperity For All Democracy And The United Nations Anti-Poverty Goals Are Ambitious But Doable, Ban Stresses Ahead Of MDG Summit Citizens’ Voices Against Poverty Will Crescendo In Noises Heard Around The World As Heads Of State Travel To UN Summit Two In Every Three Of The World’s 796m Illiterate Adults Are Women-UNESCO Chief Make Literacy Accessible To Women Everywhere-Ban August 2010 Stop Nuclear Tests—UN Chief PAKISTAN NEEDS OUR HELP, NOW By Ban Ki-moon World Humanitarian Day Protecting Right To Reproductive Health Fundamental To Humanitarian Assistance—UNFPA Chief Drylands Matter, And Why? General Assembly To Launch International Year Of Youth 87% Of Youth Live In Developing Countries-Ban UNFPA Chief Calls On Decision Makers To Listen To The Needs Of 1.8 B. Youth Ban Urges Government, NGOs To Advance Status Of Indigenous Peoples Millennium Development Goals: Time Is Running Out By Navi Pillay United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights July 2010 General Assembly Declares Access To Clean Water And Sanitation Is A Human Right Beware Of Fraudsters Using United Nations Name, Emblem To Solicit Cash, Personal Information, Public Warned Statement Attributable To The Spokesperson For The Secretary-General On The Islamic Republic Of Iran Nelson Mandela Changed The World—Ban Ki-Moon Censuses, Population Data Play Critical Role In Development—UNFPA Chief MDGs Can Be Achieved If Needs Of All Women, Men Are Considered-Ban UN Creates New Structure For Empowerment Of Women On the occasion of Int’l Day of Cooperatives, By Cooperating, A Better World Can Built-Ban New UN Report Calls For Major Overhaul Of Global Finance, Aid And Trade Machinery June 2010 Empowerment Of Women And Girls Tops Agenda At UN Economic And Social Council Iran Pioneer In Seizing Opium-UN Eradication Of Poverty Key To Eradication Of Illicit Crops-Ban UN Chief Calls On States To Do Their Best To Rid The World Of Torture Western Asia Still Struggling To Reduce Extreme Poverty Asia Leads World With Sharp Drop In Poverty New Campaigns On Maternal And Child Mortality Buoyed By Progress Reported On MDGs Accounting For Success By Ban Ki-moon 15M Refugees Can Return Home If Conflicts Are Resolved-Ban Protecting Drylands Means Strengthening Food Security, Helping The Poor-Ban Statement attributable to the Spokesperson of the Secretary-General Security Council resolution on Iran The Secretary-General-- Message On World Environment Day Many Species. One Planet. One Future UN Agency Seeks $18 M. To Assist Afghan Refugees In Iran Secretary-General 'Shocked' By Deadly Raid On Gaza Aid Flotilla May 2010 Tobacco Kills 1.5m Women Annually The Age Of Accountability By Ban Ki-moon Peacekeeping, Indispensable Part Of UN’s Work For A Better World--Ban UN Finds Pace Of Global Economic Recovery Too Weak To Spur Job Growth Iran’s New Nuclear Proposal Could Be A Confidence-Building Measure – Ban Iran Nuclear Fuel Deal Could Be A Positive Step, Says Ban Phone Use While Driving Kills, Ban Says As He Prohibits UN Staff From The Habit Adjust Policies, Mind-Sets To Reflect True Value Of Species, Habitats-Ban Digital Revolution In Service Of Relief Operations, Sustainable Development And Lasting Peace Ban Calls On Governments To Support Migrant Families Better Baby Care Key To Reducing Deaths, Reports UN Health Agency New Vision Required To Stave Off Dramatic Biodiversity Loss, Says UN Report Ban Tells Iran's Ahmadinejad To Restore Global Trust In Nuclear Programme Ban Urges Nations To Make Nuclear Disarmament Targets A Reality Stand Up For Freedom Of Information--Ban Standing At Ground Zero By Ban Ki-moon April 2010 Malaria Can Be Eradicated -- Ban Development Policies Must Honour Indigenous Culture And Identity 12th United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Opens Monday International Community Stands Firm against Genocide, War Crimes-Ban Urban Health Matters-Ban 12th United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice to Open In Salvador, Brazil Ban Calls for a World Free From Landmine Threats Toward A New Future for Haiti By Ban Ki-Moon Don’t Wait For Disaster By Ban Ki-Moon March 2010 Clean Water for Healthy World UN Secretary-General’s Message on the Day of Nowruz MDG Must Be Met, UN Chief Says Ahead Of September Summit Honor Killing and Domestic Violence By: Navi Pillay United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Progress for Women Is Progress for All—UNFPA Chief All Lose When Women Are Denied Of Their Opportunities UN Human Rights Chief Voices Concern About Abuses In Iran, Sri Lanka February 2010 General Assembly Recognizes 21 March as International Day of Nowruz Stronger Efforts Are Needed To Prevent People Slipping Into Drug Abuse, Says INCB Robust Demand For Mobile Phone Services Will Continue, UN Agency Predicts January 2010 Women And The Media Haiti Is Not Alone By Ban Ki-Moon UN Scales up Assistance to Haiti's Tremor Victims Indigenous Peoples Make Up One-Third Of World’s Poorest Ban Calls for International Support in Wake of Devastating Haiti Quake Sustainable Development Tops UN Chief’s Priorities For 2010 UN Opens Biodiversity Year with Plea to Save World's Ecosystems December 2009 Iran: UN Rights Chief Shocked By Deadly Violence Ban Calls On Leaders to Attend Millennium Development Goals Summit Next September United Action on Global Scale Needed To Clinch New Climate Pact, Says Ban UNODC Calls for Engagement of Iran in a Solution to Afghan Drug Problem UNFPA Acknowledges Iran’s Substantial Achievements In Health and Education Climate Change Deal Marks An 'Essential Beginning, ' Ban Says UN Proclaims International Year Of Youth In 2010 Human Solidarity for Building a Better, Safer World for All-Ban Ban Encourages South-South Countries To Deepen Cooperation 200M Migrants in World Ban Calls for Accelerated Action in Home Stretch of Copenhagen Climate Talks UNFPA Honoured With Human Rights Award Climate Change Threatening Survival of Himalayan Communities – UN Report Copenhagen Talks Heading Towards Agreement On New Climate Deal – UN Ban Invites People to Join UN in Fight against Discrimination Ban Urged All People to Join UN Anti-Corruption Campaign Empowering Disabled Persons for Achieving MDGs and Development for All-Ban HIV Caused 10% of Maternal Deaths in 2008—UNFPA Chief Slavery Remains a Grave and Unresolved Problem-Ban November 2009 Successful Aids Responses Do Not Punish People; They Protect Them-Ban Now Is the Time to Build a Society Based On Equal Rights of Men and Women--UNFPA End Violence against Women Once And For All-Ban Promote Tolerance Ban Urges International Community to Support Developing Countries in Preventing Diabetes Protect Environment as Pillar Global Peace, Sustainable Development--Ban UN Anti-Corruption Meeting To Open In Doha on 9 November October 2009 Ban Calls On International Community To Stand United For A Safer, Better World UN Event to Hear Survivors of Trafficking Being Held Iran: Ban Troubled By Reports Of Violent Extinction Of Election Protests In Latest Report Guinness World Record Shattered By Citizens Across Globe Demanding That Their Leaders End Poverty Security Council Urges States To Help Iran In Bringing Terror Bombers To Justice UN Chief Deplores Deadly Terrorist Attack In Iran For The First Time in History, More Than One Billion People Are Hungry-Ban Millions Worldwide To Stand Up and Demand That World Leaders Eradicate Poverty The Most Expensive Hospital Is the One That Fails-Ban Poverty Cause of Mental Disorders-Ban Ki-Moon Mobile Communication Subscriptions Soar To 4.6 Billion, Says UN Body Urban Poor Should Be Part of Decisions That Affect Their Lives-Ban Now Is Our Time By Ban Ki-moon Inspired by Gandhi’s Life of Non-Violence, UN Works to End Violence-Ban September 2009 Build Society for All Ages-Ban Ki-Moon Be a Citizen Ambassador to the United Nations: Speak To World Leaders through YouTube Climate Negotiations On ‘Right Track,’ But Momentum Must Be Maintained – Ban Change Is In the Air By: Ban Ki-moon We Must Disarm Summit on Climate Change to Be Held In New York UN Mission Finds Evidence Of War Crimes By Both Sides In Gaza Conflict UN Takes A Stand on Global Aid, Trade And Debt Commitments, As G20 Prepares To Meet Without Action on Climate Change, the World Faces Profound Social, Economic and Environmental Disruption Promote Peace through Democracy-Ban Ki-Moon World Is Over-Armed And Peace Is Under-Funded, Ban Tells Civil Society Forum UN Releases Latest List Of ‘10 Stories The World Should Hear More About’ Is Corruption Just A Part Of Doing Business? UNCTAD Presents Innovative Approach to Reform of International Monetary and Financial System UN Calls for Signatures for Action on Climate Change Sexual Violence against Children Now Key Feature of Armed Conflict – UN Report Literacy Is Respect, Opportunity and Development-Ban Nearly 2,840 Deaths Attributed To H1n1 Virus, UN UN Report Says Addressing Climate Change Requires Investing In Low-Emission, High-Growth Strategies for Developing Countries Ban Emphasizes Key Role Of UN In Tackling Today’s Challenges August 2009 H1N1 Virus Found In Turkeys Poses No Threat To Human Health, Says UN Agency Yearbook For 2006 Spotlights UN’s Efforts To ‘Deliver As One’ History No Longer A Good Indicator For Weather Forecasts, Says Top UN Official Technological Transfer and South-South Cooperation Key to Food Security in Asia-Pacific Closing the gap in a generation World Humanitarian Day By: John Holmes Redouble Efforts to Help Needy People-Ban Reported Torture of Iranian Election Protesters Worry UN Rights Experts New UN Report Says 50m. Women In Asia At Risk Of Hiv From Their Partners Rise In Gas Emissions Must Be Contained To Avoid Global Disaster, Says Ban Youth Can Lead the Way to Sustainability-Ban More Than a Symbolic Celebration By Navanethem Pillay United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights 370m Indigenous People Custodians of Most Biologically Diverse Areas on Earth-Ban My Plan to Drop the Bomb by Ban Ki-Moon Breastfeeding Saves Lives In Emergencies-Who July 2009 China, UN Sign Pact To Boost Statistical Reporting Standards In Asia UN’s Humanitarian Efforts This Year Face $5b. Shortfall Global Small Arms Sales Reached $2.9 B. -- UN Data Investing In Women’s Health Saves Half a Million Mothers’ Lives Mass Arrests In Iran Spark Grave Concerns From UN Human Rights Experts Recent Gains in Eradicating Hunger and Poverty Endangered By Economic and Food Crises, Says UN Report Fall In Foreign Tourism Accelerates, UN Agency Reports Cooperatives Vital For Global Recovery--Ban June 2009 World Drug Report 2009 Highlights Links Between Drugs and Crime In 2007, Iran seized84 per cent of the world’s opium, and 28 per cent of all heroin-UN Secretary-General discusses situation in Iran with Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi Ban Invites World Leaders To "Unprecedented" UN Climate Change Summit Fight against Torture-Ban Greater Development Assistance Needed In Countries Vulnerable To the Cultivation, Trafficking Of Illicit Drugs-Ban Statement Attributable To the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on Iran Iran: UN Rights Chief Concerned Over Arrests, Excessive Force Following Polls UN Conference on World Financial, Economic Crisis Support Refugees-Ban By Combating Climate Change Desertification Can Be Reversed-Ban The Secretary-General -- Message on World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought Ban Keeping Close Eye on Developments in Post-Election Iran Make the Planet Greener, Cleaner--Ban May 2009 Tobacco Kills 5.4m People Every Year--Ban Secretary-General Condemns ‘Despicable’ Mosque Bombing In Iran Women Strengthen UN Peacekeeping Global Decline in Biodiversity Remains Alarming-Ban UN Forum to Seek Further Implementation Of Declaration On The Rights Of Indigenous Peoples Make Internet Safe for Everyone-Ban Ban Welcomes Release of Journalist Roxana Saberi from Iranian Jail Secure a Better Future for All by Rewarding Mothers’ Efforts-Ban Nigeria Surpasses Hollywood as World’s Second Largest Film Producer – UN Free, Independent Media Essential Agent of Human Rights, Development and Peace UN-Habitat Opens Office in Tehran April 2009 CHEMISTRY ACHIEVEMENTS SHOULD BE USED EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE BENEFIT OF MANKIND DURBAN ANTI-RACISM CONFERENCE OUTCOME UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF SHOCKED BY US WITHDRAWAL FROM DURBAN REVIEW CONFERENCE, URGES STATES TO FOCUS ON RACISM NOT POLITICS BASIC FACTS ABOUT THE DURBAN REVIEW PROCESS ISTANBUL FORUM: CONCRETE PROGRESS MADE IN BUILDING BRIDGES, CONNECTING PEOPLE ACROSS BORDERS PREVENTING GENOCIDE IS A COLLECTIVE RESPONSIBILITY-BAN GREATER ATTENTION SHOULD BE PAID TO REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH NEEDS OF WOMEN—UNFPA CHIEF PROTECT PUBLIC HEALTH BY SAFE HEALTH CARE FACILITIES-BAN COLLECTIVE EFFORTS NEEDED TO FREE WORLD FROM LANDMINES-BAN March 2009 No crime more brutal By Ban Ki-moon INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY UNITE TO END VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN-BAN UNFPA SUPPORTS COUNTRY EFFORTS TO ELIMINATE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS RECONSTRUCTING GAZA – AND THE PEACE PROCESS February 2009 Global Stability, Prosperity Depend On Public Well-Being--Ban Criminals Exploiting Licit Commerce to Manufacture Illicit Drugs, INCB Annual Report Says--INCB Annual Report launch today in Vienna highlights threats posed by the Internet and prescription drugs, relationship between security and drugs in Afghanistan and West Africa becoming a major hub for cocaine trafficking into Europe Growing Green by Ban Ki-moon and Al Gore 'Denial and Neglect Undermine the Fight against Human Trafficking', Says UNODC Chief Applications Invited For United Nations Journalism Fellowships January 2009 Ban Urges Greater Efforts to Feed World’s Hungry Amid Ongoing Recession Thousands of Gazans Remain Homeless As UN Again Calls For Aid Access Ban Calls for End to Hamas Rocket Attacks, Israeli Withdrawal from Gaza The Secretary-General Statement Beirut , 17 January 2009 Please Secure Ceasefire, UN Gaza Official Tells Ban on Eve of Mideast Mission Statement Attributable To the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on Gaza Statement Attributable To the Spokesperson of the President of the General Assembly Statement of the Secretary-General on Gaza escalation The Responsibility to Deliver By Ban Ki-moon December 2008 Food Security in Mountains UN Official Calls On All People To Promote Culture of Human Rights Principles of UDHR Should Be Applied Everywhere, For Everyone-Ban For A Better Future Have Disabled Persons as an Integral Part of All Development Processes--Ban Aids Epidemic Has More Than Tripled In Size — UNAIDS Chief November 2008 Aids Is Still One of the Top Ten Causes of Death Worldwide UN Climate Change Conference – Poznań, Poland Set To Begin Monday Ban Calls On Everybody to Work for a Just, Lasting, Comprehensive Settlement of Question Palestine Drugs Finance Taliban War Machine, Says UN Drug Tsar Make Violence against Women History—UNFPA Chief Speak Out Against Act of Violence against Women Population of Asia’s Cities Will Double In 40 Years Time--Ban Achieve Global Culture of Harmony, Peace through Tolerance-Ban More Than 250m. People Suffer From Diabetes Worldwide, Says Who State of World Population 2008 October 2008 One Out Of Three People Living In Cities of the Developing World Lives In a Slum-- UN UN Chief Calls on World Leaders to Keep Their Promises for a Safer, Healthier, Prosperous World Ban Ki-moon: Poverty Will Not Be Eradicated Without Due Respect for Human Rights Increase in Food, Energy Princes Will Push 100m People into Hunger, Poverty-Ban Yearbook Of The United Nations Website Launched, Providing Free And Unprecedented Access To Organization’s History No Health Without Mental Health Disaster Risk Reduction Is Everybody’s Business—Ban Ki-Moon Ban Ki-moon: Build Living Conditions That Promote Greener, Smarter Growth Make the Dream of a Society for All Ages a Reality-Ban September 2008 Governments, Multilateral Organizations Must Do a Better Job of Answering To Women for Commitments Made--UN Report Ban Calls On World People To Send a Powerful Signal for Peace “New Media” Seek Citizen Contributions for International Day of Peace, 21 September Improve maternal health Ensure environmental sustainability Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases Western Asia Has Not Made Enough Progress in Reducing Extreme Poverty UN Report Finds Some Progress On Health Democracy is a Long Struggle That Must Be Waged By Individual Citizens, Myriad Communities, and Entire Nations-Ban Strong Progress on Poverty Reduction and Education in Asia, But Only Slow Gains for Women Progress in Achieving UN Anti-Poverty Goals for 2015 under Threat, New UN Report Finds Practical Steps Needed To Help Victims of Terrorism, Ban Says UN’s Special Representative for Iraq Visiting Iran UNODC Warns Of Growing Abuse of Synthetic Drugs in the Developing World 774m. Illiterate Adults in the World UN report: Significant Progress in Debt Relief for Poorest Countries But Trade and Aid Still Major Barriers to Achieving Anti-Poverty Goals August 2008 Opium Cultivation Down By A Fifth in Afghanistan Engage Young People in Response To Climate Change—UNFPA Chief Spirit of Youth Is Needed For More Sustainable Forms of Energy--Ban The Stigma Factor By Ban Ki-moon Human Rights at the Front and Center Of The Global Aids Struggle UN Secretary-General’s Message to the Ministerial Meeting of the Movement of Non-Aligned Nations July 2008 Secretary-General to Appoint South African Justice as Next UN Human Rights Chief Time for a New Path Out Of Disaster by Ban Ki-Moon Family Planning Effective Means In Fight Against Poverty—UNFPA Chief Family Panning Reduces Maternal, Child Deaths—Ban Ki-Moon In Spite Of Economic Insecurity, Global Tourism Posts Stable Growth – UN June 2008 Build a World Free Of Torture-Ban Ki-Moon Build a Healthier, Safer World By Reducing Damage of Drugs—Ban Ki-Moon The Real UN By Ban Ki-moon Drylands Potential Areas For Agricultural Intensification—Ban Ki-Moon UN Human Rights Chief Asks Iran to Stay Execution of Four Juvenile Offenders Iran’s Hamyaran Mosbat Wins UN Red Ribbon Award in Fight against Hiv/Aids Progress in Aids Response But Still a Long Way from Meeting Global Targets Reduction of Carbon Emissions Is Everybody’s Business—UN Chief May 2008 Vital Work of Blue Helmets Continues As Long As They Are Needed-Ban Ki-Moon Support Functional Ecosystems To Sustain Life Ban Ki-moon: Honour Fathers for Their Important Contributions to Family Life Every Minute a Woman Dies In Childbirth Glimmers of Hope By Ban Ki-moon Perpetrators of Attacks on Journalists Should Be Brought To Justice—Ban Ki-Moon April 2008 Asia-Pacific Region Will Miss MDGs If “Gaps” Are Not Filled Immediately Time to Get Tough On Malaria By Ban Ki-moon South-South Trade By: Panitchpakdi Supachai 4th Session of World Urban Forum In Nanjing to Be Held Between 3 -7 November 2008 Maintaining Growth in Testing Times: UNCTAD Xii to Consider Impact of Economic Trends on Development Ban Ki-Moon Calls On Governments, Media, NGOs To Play Their Role to Prevent Future Genocides WHO 60th Anniversary And World Health Day 2008 6000 People Victims of Landmines In 2007 Neglect Of Agriculture Condemns 218 M. People to Poverty, ESCAP Says March 2008 Abysmal Sanitation Conditions Kill One Child Every 20 Seconds The New Face of Global Hunger By Ban Ki-Moon Stop Wasting Food: Save a Life Gaza: Hope Not Hatred By: John Holmes 10 Facts about Women’s Health Afghanistan Produces 93 Per Cent Of Global Opiates--INCB Improving Women’s Well-Being Cannot Be Accomplished without Improving Their Health Only By Investing In Women and Girls MDGs Can Be Achieved—Ban Ki-Moon Investing in Women and Girls February 2008 UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon Launches Campaign to End Violence against Women UNODC Anticipates another Large Opium Crop in Afghanistan In 2008 january 2008 Tourist Numbers near 900 M. As Industry Marks Record Year – UN Agency Palestinian Suffering Has Reached New Depths Peace Cannot Be Built By Reducing 1.5m People To A State Of Abject Destitution “Ask the Secretary-General” Launched On UN Cyberschoolbus Website UN Sees Risk of Global Economic Recession Rising Let 2008 Be the Year of World’s Poorest ‘Bottom Billion’ – Ban Ki-Moon December 2007 The UN Vote on the Death Penalty By Louise Arbour United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights 1.2 B. Youth in World 200m Migrants in World UNIDO- Eco to Hold Expert Group Meeting On Trade Capacity Building Facing Change: Climate Change in Mountain Areas Make Universal Declaration of Human Rights An Integral Part of Everyone’s Life—Ban Ki-Moon Who Steps Up Efforts On Children's Medicines Bali and Beyond: A New Green Economics By Ban Ki-moon Ban Ki-moon calls for, Active Participation Of Disabled Persons in Communities November 2007 Aids Kill 5,700 People Everyday UNADIS Chief: Focus On Aids for Achieving Goal Of Universal Access to HIV Prevention Leadership Crucial For Curbing HIV/Aids By 2010 Violence against Women Is Always A Violation of Human Rights—Ban Ki-Moon Absence Of Clean Water, Sanitation Kill 42,000 People Every Week UN, Tehran U. To Hold Workshop On Legal Framework of Humanitarian Assistance October 2007 All Nations Should Learn From Teachings of Mowlana—Unesco Chief Global Problems Demand Global Solutions-Ban Ki-Moon Make the Right to Food A Tangible Reality for all In The World of Plenty Still 854m. People Suffer From Chronic Hunger The Right to Food Disaster Reduction, Everybody’s Business—Ban Ki-Moon Global Crime, Violence Rising, Warns Un-Habitat International Day of Non-Violence 2 October 2007 80% of Older Persons Are Not Covered By Social Protection-Ban Ki-Moon Create Safer, Greener, More Inclusive, More Secure Cities for All—Ban Ki-Moon Septembert 2007 Ban Ki-Moon Convenes Largest-Ever Meeting Of Global Leaders on Climate Change Global Leaders Show Will For Climate Change ‘Breakthrough’ – Secretary General UN Secretary-General Convenes World Leaders to Build Momentum for Climate Change Talks In Bali Gateway to the UN System's Work on Climate Change Make Peace Not Just a Priority, But A Passion-Ban Ki-Moon Marking Day to Prevent Suicide, UN Stresses That People of All Ages Can Be At Risk Millions at Risk of Exposure to Cholera In Northern Iraq, UN Health Agency Warns 72m Children Out Of Schools in World—Ban Ki-Moon World Economic Situation More Favourable For Developing Countries than At Any Time since Early 1970s August 2007 8m Iraqis Are Now In Need Of Humanitarian Assistance By John Holmes Ban Ki-Moon: Give 1.2 B. Youth A Fair and Full Stake in Society July 2007 No Woman Should Die Giving Life 500,000 Women Die Everyday Due To Pregnancy, Childbirth—Ban Ki-Moon UN Report Points To Serious Shortfalls in Development Aid Millennium Goals in Jeopardy, Secretary-General Warns In Asia, a Huge Drop in Poverty Comes With Rising Inequality UN Report Points To Widening Economic Disparitiest June 2007 More Than Half of World Population Will Live In Cities in 2008: UN Report Unite Against Perpetrators of Torture Integrate Drug Treatment into the Mainstream of Public Health and Social Services—Ban Ki-Moon UN Supports 20m Internally Displaced People Worldwide—Ban Ki-Moon Problem of Darfur By Ban Ki-moon Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan Agree To Strengthen Counter-Narcotics Efforts – UN 132M. CHILDREN WORK IN FARMLANDS--FAO Ban Ki-moon: Concentrations of Carbon Dioxide in the Atmosphere Are Higher Than At Any Time for The Past 600,000 Years Why The World Has Changed In The U.N.'S Favor By Ban Ki-Moon May 2007 UN Conference on African Disarmament, Demobilization, Reintegration to Convene in Kinshasa By Unity Among Governments, The Private Sector And Civil Society Aids Can Be Defeated—Ban Kmoon Under-Investment In Health CostsLives And Money By Kim Hak-Su Enabled Families, Enable Persons with Disabilities UN Official Calls On All Countries to Join Chemical Weapons Convention April 2007 UN Sustainable Development Commission To Focus On Energy Solutions That Can Fuel Development And Cut Poverty, Pollution And Greenhouse Gas Emissions Road Accidents Kill 1.2m People Every Year Investment In Health Is A Cornerstone Of Economic Growth, Development—Ban Ki-Moon Landmines & The Anti-Personnel Mine-Ban Treaty: Facts And Figures Landmines Claim 15,000 New Victims Each Year Statement Attributable To The Spokesperson Of The Secretary-General On Security Council Resolution 1747, Non-Proliferation March 2007 World Water Day – 'Coping With Water Scarcity' By 2025 3b. People Will Suffer From Water Scarcity—Ban Ki-Moon Ending Impunity for Violence against Women Brings Greater Peace, Development, Human Rights for All Int’l Women’s Day Compels All People to Strengthen Every Means of Empowering Women, Girls Incb Warns Of Counterfeit Medicines Flooding Markets Prescription Drug Abuse and Drug Abuse In Afghanistan Also Highlighted At Incb Annual Report Launch February 2007 Unodc Proposes Plan for Improving Border Security between Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan Secretary-General Ban Urges Iran to Comply With Security Council and Negotiate One Third of All Iraqis Live In Poverty, Un-Backed Study Finds International Treaty to Outlaw Enforced Disappearances Opens For Signature Convention on Disappearances by Louise Arbour United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights January 2007 World Tourism Marks another Record Year with 842m. Arrivals, UN Agency Reports December 2006 Bio of Ban Ki-Moon Eighth UN Secretary-General FIVE LESSONS By Kofi A. Annan 11 December 2006 International Mountain Day Poverty Jeopardizes Human Rights--Annan Human Rights Day and Poverty by Louise Arbour United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Create a Society Where Disabled Persons Can Exerciese Their Human Righs--Annan November 2006 Breathe New Life into Peace Process in the Middle East --Annan Better Results for Hiv Prevention Programmes If Focused On Reaching People Most At Risk—Unaids Chief Aids Has Killed 25m People Worldwide Create an Environment Where Violence against Women Is Not Tolerated--Annan $317.5m. Required To Address Landmines, Explosive Remnants of War in Twenty-Nine Countries Or Territories In 2007 Politics, Not Religion, At the Heart of Growing Muslim-West Divide, New Report Argues Blue-Ribbon Panel Seeks To Revamp UN for Development As Climate Changes, Can We? By Kofi Annan INCB Expresses Concern over Illegal Manufacture of Heroin in Afghanistan during Annual Session Plant for the Planet: The Billion Tree Campaign October 2006 UN made big steps forward in its struggle for development, peace, security—Annan Worldwide Extreme Poverty Has Declined In 1990-2002-Annan 850m People Suffer From Chronic Hunger--ANNAN 70% Of the World’s Hungry Live In Rural Areas —FAO Chief UN Secretary-General’s Study Reveals Full Range And Scale Of Violence Against Children Peacebuilding Fund Is Launched, Donors Pledge More Than $140 Million Ending Violence against Women: From Words to Action Annan: Help Vulnerable Populations In Hazard-Prone Areas Reduce Disastrous Impact of Suicide by Tackling Related Mental Disorders--Annan Violence against Children by Louise Arbour, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights 1 Billion People Live In Slums in the World--Annan September 2006 Build a Society for All Ages--Annan A Responsibility We All Share By Kofi A. Annan Annan Calls for a Lasting Peace in World 191 Million People Live In Countries Other Than Where They Were Born Activities Of The Secretary-General Secretary-General Mourns Victims of Iran Plane Crash UN Secretary Generla Kofi Annan Arriving In Tehran Today August 2006 UNCTAD Calls for Multilateral Approach to Tackle Growing Trade Imbalances ANNAN To Visit Middle East to Try To Bolster Parties’ Compliance with Truce International Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Poverty Robs World of Full Potential of Over 1 Billion Youth--Annan Immediate Cessation of Hostilities, Key Factor in Bringing Peace in the Middle East--UN Int’l Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Bid To Conclude Convention to End Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities Indigenous People Face Challenges Posed By Poverty, Discrimination Statement Attributable To Mr. Dan Rohrmann, Unicef Special Representative in Occupied Palestinian Territory Security Clearances and Devastation Hinder Urgent UN Aid to Middle East Conflict Areas July 2006 WFP Rushes More Food Assistance into Southern Lebanon with One In Five Lebanese Now Homeless UN Sends First Convoy with Humanitarian Supplies to South Lebanon UN Food Agency Supplies Are Distributed In Lebanon; Other Relief Aid Held Up In Syria Millions of Young People Threatened By Poverty, Illiteracy, Risks of Pregnancy, Childbirth, Hiv/Aids—Unfpa Chief Providing For Young People Moral Obligation, Compelling Economic Necessity—ANNAN Clean Water, Schooling and Aid Are Mdg Success Stories Readout of UN Secretary-General's Meeting With President Ahmadinejad of Iran Ecosoc Takes Up Global Economic Challenges, As Its 2006 Session Opens In Geneva Focus on Fighting Poverty by Creating More, Better Jobs While We Were Looking Elsewhere ... June 2006 Proliferation of Illicit Small Arms Leads To Culture of Violence and Impunity – Annan Combat Cruel, Degrading and Inhuman Treatment, Wherever It May Occur--ANNAN Say No to Drugs--ANNAN Major Review at United Nations to Assess Progress Made and Actions Needed To Further Stem Illegal Small Arms Trade Regional Assessment of Int’l Decade for Education for All to Be Held In Isfahan Help Millions of Refugees, Displaced People--ANNAN Human Rights Council Begins To Take Shape As First Session Convenes In Geneva Desertification Could Place 135m People at Risk of Being Uprooted--ANNAN The Secretary-General--How We Envy the World Cup Migration Statement Attributable To the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the Political Declaration on Hiv/Aids Global Aids Report Compliments Iran for Progressive Approaches to Reducing HIV among Injecting Drug Users Don’t Desert Drylands! German Star Footballer Michael Ballack Accepts Appointment As Unaids Special Representative May 2006 World Leaders to Assess Progress on Aids Response Why Is Tobacco A Public Health Priority? Tobacco Kills 5m People Annually World Contraceptive Use 2005 Review Conference on High Seas Fishing Treaty: Countries Look To Strengthen Management and Conservation of Fish Stocks Help Darfur Now! By Kofi A. Annan Annan: Build a Free, Safe Information Society That Will Spur Development for the entire World’s People 59th World Health Assembly to Be Held In Geneva Build an Environment That Sustains, Supports Families--Annan Darfur by Jan Egeland the United Nations Undersecretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Annan: Freedom of Expression Fundamental, Universal; But Must Be Exercised Responsibly Annan Calls on All States to Ratify Chemical Weapons Convention Virtually No Country Immune from Human Trafficking, Unodc Report Shows “Twelve Years after That April…” By: Juan E. Mendez Special Adviser to the Un Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide April 2006 First International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action Observed Today Annan Calls on All Governments to Ratify Mine Ban Treaty March 2006 Kofi Annan Extends Condolence to the Families of Those Killed or Injured in the Earthquakes in Iran Make This Council Work! -- By Kofi A. Annan Women Still Struggle to Break Through Glass Ceiling in Government, Business, Academia Progress for Women Is Progress for All February 2006 New UN Council A Unique Opportunity to Boost Human Rights Protection by Louise Arbour Water Conservation Workshop to Meet In Tehran, 21-23 February Upcoming Un-Backed Summit on Entrepreneurship Can Spur Development – Officialip Can Spur Development – Official Reversing the Tide in Darfur by Kofi A. Annan January 2006 Global Economic Growth Continues To Cool In ’06 Synchronized Effort Required To Safely Unwind Global Finance Imbalances UN Calls for Added Statistical Capacities to Back-Up Push for Women’s Rights, Developmen UN Launches Int’l Year of Deserts and Desertification December 2005 Time for All Countries to Ratify U.N. Corruption Convention Annan Calls for Better Future for the South Torture Can Never Be an Instrument to Fight Terror, For Torture Is an Instrument of Terror—Annan The Secretary-General--Message on the International Day of Disabled Persons November 2005 Secretary-General Seeks $4.7 B. For Twenty-Six Humanitarian Crises In 2006 More Work Needed For Halting Spread of Aids—Annan No Excuse, No Grounds for Tolerance of Violence against Women and Girls—Annan World Summit on the Information Society to Begin on Wednesday Un Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s Message to Conference on “Islam in a Pluralistic World” The United Nations and the Internet by Kofi A. Annan A Global Agenda to End Poverty October 2005 Partnerships between Rich and Poor for Creation of Better Lives Invest In Poverty Reduction, Disaster Prevention, In Order To Build Resilient Communities and Save Lives—Annan Grim Statistics on World’s Poor Youth Show Millions at Risk – UN Report Fact Sheet - 2005 World Summit Outcome 2005 World Summit: Securing a Dangerous World 2005 World Summit: Leaders Invited To Sign or Ratify Key Treaties at 2005 World Summit 2005 World Summit: Ensuring Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law 2005 World Summit: Building Momentum to End Povert 2005 World Summit: Creating a UN for the 21st Centurys 2005 World Summit: UN Summit Takes On Tough Global Issues Guterres Hails Afghan Accession to Refugee Conventions August 2005 A Call to Action on Food Security in Africas Extreme Poverty Has Declined In Middle East—UN Report United Nations 2005 Report on the World Social Situation Finds Much of the World Trapped In an “Inequality Predicament” The Secretary-General--Message on the Second Anniversary of the Attack on the United Nations in Baghdad July 2005 Longer Term Vision Critical To Real Success in Global Aids Response Progress of Historic Aids and Security Resolution Message to the International Conference on United Nations Reform Empowering Women, Girls Key to Overcome Poverty, Hunger, Armed Conflicts, Disease—Annan UN To Hold Meeting On Eradication of Illicit Trade of Small Arms, Light Weapons June 2005 7th Int’l Congress on Aids in Asia and the Pacific Bridging Science and Community 200m People Use Illegal Drugs Torture in All Its Forms, Contexts Unacceptable—Annan The UN in Iraq: Hard Work, No Fanfare by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan UNHCR Helps 17m Refugees—Annan Desertification, Drought Cause $42b. In Lost Agricultural Production UN Sees Gains on Poverty Worldwide, but Huge Gaps Remain In Meeting Vital Human Needs World Blood Donor Day 2005 Annan Calls for Creation of “Green Cities” Article on the Conclusion of the Review Conference of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty May 2005 UN To Hold High-Level Meeting on Hiv/Aids World Leaders to Meet At Sixth Global Forum on Reinventing Government in Seoul Annan Calls for Creation of Global Information Society for Benfit of All Strong, Supportive Family Is One of the First Lines of Defence against Hiv/Aids Over 50,000 Former Afghan Soldiers Have Disarmed, Un Reports” Kofi Annan’s Special Envoy on Hiv/Aids in Asia & the Pacific to Visit Iran Press Freedom Enlarges Freedom for All—Annan April 2005 Unesco Director-General’s Visit to Iran March 2005 Annan Launches Global Strategy against Terrorism in Madrid Women Should Live In Dignity, Freedom from Want and Fear—Annan February 2005 A Fresh Start in Iraq by Kofi A. Annan January 2005 United Nations Calls for Universal Effort against Terrorism New Report to Annan Proposes Solutions to Problems of World Poverty December 2004 Disabled Persons, Must Be Included In the Design, Implementation and Evaluation of Policies, Programmes That Affect Their Lives UN’s Farsi Website on Hiv/Aids for Iranians UN Stands Ready to Do Everything It Can To Support the Iraqi People November 2004 Annan Pledges to Continue To Work for Just, Lasting and Comprehensive Settlement of Palestinian Question Empowering Women Is the Key to Fight against Aids Number of Women Living With HIV Increases in Each Region of the World Annan, In Int’l Day Message, Stresses Need to Protect Women, Eliminate Violence against Them” UN Launches Int’l Year of Microcerdit 2005”/a> Int’l Seminar on Management of Seismic Risks in Urban Areas to Be Held In Tehran UN to Launch Int’l Year of Sport and Physical Education on 5 November” October 2004 UN Will Be Renewed – Annan The Secretary-General - Message on the International Day for Disaster Reduction Cities – Engines of Rural Development September 2004 Afghan Refugees in Iran, Pakistan to Vote for 9 October Presidential Elections Visit of Iom Ocrv Director to Iran 4-5 October 2004 Building Intergenerational Society Key to All Countries’ Social Development Annan Calls for Greater Int’l Solidarity in Tackling Humanitarian Emergencies State Of World Population 2004 Launched 90% of the Global Production, Consumption of Ozone Depleting Substances Have Been Indeed Phased Out 500m. Women, Girls Are Illiterate UN Secretary-General: Peacekeeping Missions Rising To New High New DPI/NGO Interactive Web Site Opens Mdg Conference to Activists Worldwide August 2004 Message on International Youth Day UN Fundamental Principles Should Be Turned Into Practice for Indigenous Peoples—Annan The Secretary-General - Message to Peace Memorial Ceremony July 2004 A Hundred Positive Examples of How People Are Making the World Safern Lack of Research and Spread of Pests Threaten Global Date Production – UN June 2004 Torture Is Condemned, Torturers Must Be Prosecuted, Punished—Annan Drug Treatment Benefits All—Annan UN Should Open Itself Further To Involve Civil Society, High-Level Panel Says 3m. Afghan Refugees, Displaced Returned Home Since 2002—Annan Experts Meet to Protect Persian Gulf, Oman Sea Marine Environment 1B. People Are At Risk from Desertification-Annan Eleventh Session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development Wanted! Seas and Oceans: Dead or Alive? May 2004 Peacekeeping Missions Never End Wars, But Ensure Sustainable Peace—Annan World Should Move To Open, Inclusive and Prosperous Telecommunications Age—Annan Annan Urges All to Recognize, Support Contributions of Family Without Good Urban Governance Number of Slum Dwellers May Rise, Annan Says Journalists Should Be Able To Do Their Vital Work in Safety, Without Fear--Annan April 2004 Governments Meet to Assess Progress since Johannesburg Summit 1.2m People Die Every Year in Road Accidents—Annan World Must Be Better Equipped To Prevent Genocide—Annan March 2004 Women’s Information Dissemination Centre to Be Established in Iran The Spiralling Cost of Keeping Girls Out Of School More Power, Confidence Should Be Given To Women in Their Fight against Aids—Annan Increasing Opium Cultivation, Trafficking In Afghanistan Will Result In More Political Instability—INCB February 2004 Consultation Meeting On Harm Reduction between Iranian and International Experts Annan Pledges UN Help in Wake of Chemical Train Tragedy in Iran Science for All Nations by Kofi Annan UN To Hold Workshop for Iranian Drug Treatment Experts January 2004 UN Seeks $31.3m for 90-Day Post-Quake Rehabilitation in Iran December 2003 The Secretary-General Kofi Annan Message for the New Year 2004 Annan Condoles Iranian People, Government on Earthquake The Secretary-General-Address to the World Summit on the Information Society November 2003 Every Minute Aids Infects 10 Peoples The Secretary-General - Message on United Nations Day 24 October 2003 Annan, Senior UN Officials Congratulate 2003 Nobel Peace Prize Winner Shirin Ebadi October 2003 Investment in Adolescents’ Reproductive Health Is Critical To Fighting Poverty, Hiv/Aids, Says Unfpa Report September 2003 Security Council Must “Regain the Confidence of States and Of World Public Opinion” August 2003 Create Jobs for 74m Jobless Youth in the World—Annan June 2003 Annan's Message of Hope Iraq: UN to Host Reconstruction Meeting At New York Headquarters in June May 2003 De Mello Stresses Human Rights for All People Information, Communication Technologies Must Be Used To Accelerate Progress in Poorest Countries—Annan Kofi Annan Discusses Journalists’ Duties in Covering Armed Conflicts A Humanitarian Challenge, the United Nations Stands Ready To Help A Grave Decision (By Kofi A. Annan) March 2003 Political Inertia Exacerbates Water Crisis February 2003 Most Global Opiate Seizures Are Made By Iran—UN