2005 offers unique opportunity to tackle poverty, security, human rights – Annan

18 April 2005

Setting his sights on the United Nations summit in September to review progress on socio-economic development goals, Secretary-General Kofi Annan today urged Member States to negotiate his reform proposals on the "three great purposes" of the world body in a spirit of give and take and to increase development aid to a long-held UN target.

Secretary-General urges finance officials to back proposals to tackle poverty

16 April 2005

Secretary-General Kofi Annan today urged international finance officials in Washington to throw their weight behind proposals he is putting forward to tackle poverty, one of the main pilllars of a reform deal he has presented for adoption by world leaders meeting this September at a United Nations summit.

Preparations for General Assembly millennium summit move forward

15 April 2005

The General Assembly today set the stage for a summit-level commemoration of the United Nations sixtieth anniversary in September, when world leaders will take decisive action on achieving important goals for development, security and human rights.

Reformed UN could be even more effective in preventing global threats – Fréchette

12 April 2005

The United Nations is a more effective prevention instrument than many realize, but with reform, it can be far more useful in fighting poverty, promoting human rights, stopping the spread of illicit weapons and keeping violence in check, Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette said today in Stockholm.

Annan with President Vike-Freiberga (file photo)

Latvian President named envoy to help promote Annan's reform agenda ahead of UN summit

12 April 2005

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today named the President of Latvia as the fifth member of his team of global political leaders helping to promote his comprehensive reform agenda in the period leading up to a General Assembly summit in September.

Assembly President pledges to work for agreement on Annan's UN reform proposals

10 April 2005

Addressing the conclusion of a three-day General Assembly meeting on Secretary-General Kofi Annan's sweeping reform package, the body's president has pledged all possible efforts to forge agreement among countries so that the proposals can be adopted when world leaders gather at the United Nations in September.

Malloch Brown (right) brief correspondents

Seeking momentum for Annan's reform package, UN introduces two new envoys

6 April 2005

As a sign of United Nations resolve to propel forward Secretary-General Kofi Annan's package of reforms before a summit meeting in September, two of the envoys he has appointed to take the message to world leaders vowed today to use the "unique moment" to help enact the "bold but achievable" agenda.

Annan appoints envoys to help promote reform agenda ahead of UN summit

4 April 2005

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today appointed four world political leaders to help him promote his reform ideas in the period leading up to a high-level General Assembly summit review of the Millennium Declaration in September.

With call for action, not more words, Annan outlines plan for radical UN reform

21 March 2005

Calling for action, not more words, to fulfil pledges already made, Secretary-General Kofi Annan today laid before the General Assembly his plan for United Nations reform, ranging from greater investment in developing countries to steps to fight catastrophic terrorism and collective action against genocide and ethnic cleansing.

Secretary-General to lobby world leaders for UN reform package over next 6 months

21 March 2005

Secretary-General Kofi Annan is planning a full-court lobbying campaign, including plenty of personal telephone diplomacy, in a race against time to secure a large measure of support for his package of United Nations reforms by the time world leaders meet at the UN's New York Headquarters for a September summit.

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