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Kofi Annan addresses General Assembly

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.
Annan briefs journalists on report

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.

Annan calls for deal by world leaders on poverty, security and human rights

20 March 2005
Secretary-General Kofi Annan today put forward a comprehensive deal for tackling poverty, security threats and human rights abuses while overhauling the United Nations through a set of recommendations slated for action by national leaders when they gather in September to mark the world body's sixtieth anniversary.
Chef de Cabinet Mark Malloch Brown

Proposed deal for better world by Annan is 'bold and achievable' – UN officials

20 March 2005
Secretary-General Kofi Annan's new report is a “bold and achievable” deal for realigning the United Nations so that it can better tackle the world's major scourges, senior UN officials said today.
Kofi Annan

Annan to present on Monday new report on building better and safer world

18 March 2005
Secretary-General Kofi Annan will address the United Nations General Assembly on Monday to introduce a report on actions needed to implement the Millennium Declaration in which world leaders pledged to build a better and safer planet for the next century through collective security and a global partnership for development.