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UN gears up to host global forum on government reform in Vienna next year

21 December 2006
The United Nations has opened registration for a conference to be held at its Vienna headquarters next June, the first time the world organization has hosted the event that will bring together national leaders, business executives and civil society representatives to discuss strategies for building trust in government.

Delegates stress global development goals, improved urban planning at UN Forum

23 June 2006
Stressing the need for investment in efforts to reach global development goals as a means to end poverty, one of the key speakers at the United Nations World Urban Forum III called on delegates not to “let to our leaders off the hook," while others highlighted the need for better planning as a means of improving city life in a rapidly urbanizing world.

At UN World Urban Forum, a tale of two cities with common way forward

22 June 2006
It was a tale of two cities – one battered into rubble by war, the other at the cutting edge of technology – as the United Nations World Urban Forum reached the half-way mark of its weeklong session aimed at averting poverty and despair among a global population that is expected to double to 4 billion people in the next 30 years.
Annan addresses World Economic Forum

Annan calls for ‘new mindset’ at UN involving not just governments but people

26 January 2006
Only if the United Nations engages with the world’s peoples as well as their governments can it be useful to humanity in this century, Secretary-General Kofi Annan told a plenary session of the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland, today.

New branding product to help UN-backed Global Fund combat AIDS, TB, malaria

26 January 2006
A portion of revenue from specially branded American Express cards, Gap T-shirts, Giorgio Armani sunglasses and Converse sneakers will soon be contributed to the United Nations-backed Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, officials announced at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland today.
Kofi Annan at World Economic Forum

5 years after launching Global Compact, Annan urges leaders in Davos to boost support

23 January 2004
Five years after urging business leaders to join his initiative to encourage good corporate practices as a response to the challenges brought on by globalization, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today called on executives to look again at ways their companies can help promote fair and far-reaching economic development around the world.

UN food agency seeks urgent private sector aid in fighting growing global hunger

23 January 2004
With a child dying every five seconds from hunger or diseases associated with it, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) launched an urgent appeal at the annual World Economic Forum today for private sector help in tackling the increasing global problem.
Kofi Annan with Israeli Foreign Minister, Silvan Shalom

Middle East peace, Iraq and AIDS focus of Annan's talks with leaders in Davos

23 January 2004
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan met in Switzerland today with officials and leaders from several countries for talks covering the Middle East peace process, developments in Iraq and the fight against HIV/AIDS.

UN development agency and Microsoft join forces to provide technology training

23 January 2004
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Microsoft Corporation today launched a new initiative to provide technology training in community education centres across the developing world.

Annan to seek help of business leaders at Davos in promoting equitable globalization

15 January 2004
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan will seek to recruit business leaders at the annual World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, next week in what he sees as the crucial task of making globalization work for the world's people.