Annan calls for religious tolerance
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan told a conference on interfaith dialogue Thursday that he worried the current trend toward increasing intolerance will spread conflict.
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U.N. Secretary General Kofi  Annan criticized on Thursday what he called inflammatory  remarks by the Ivory Coast's ruling party chief and asked the  African nation's leaders to exercise "utmost restraint."
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United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan urged developing countries to respect human rights, telling their leaders at a summit in Havana they had a duty to end suppression of opponents and the media.
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The Vatican used the stage of  the United Nations on Wednesday to try to make amends for  remarks by Pope Benedict that drew fury from Muslims worldwide.
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Pope Benedict XVI tells world religious leaders at a peace summit that religion must not become "vehicle for hatred".
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The Vatican's new secretary of state urged diplomats Friday to work for religious freedom everywhere, touching on a sensitive issue between the Holy See and some countries, including Muslim ones, where people are not allowed to worship freely.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi   Annan has been asked by a leading American Jewish group to   speak out against Iran's Holocaust cartoon exhibition when he   travels to Tehran next week.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi   Annan, in a farewell address to global leaders on Tuesday,   depicted a world divided by an unjust economy, contempt for   human rights and a failure to make peace in the Middle East.
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Secretary-General Kofi Annan appealed to U.N. member states to provide desperately needed U.N. peacekeeping troops for Lebanon and assured them the U.N. force would not "wage war" on Israel, Lebanon, or Hezbollah militants.
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MONTREAL (CP) - Religious conflicts are one of the biggest challenges facing the international community, Prime Minister Paul Martin said on Sunday as he prepared to head to New York City to attend the United Nations General Assembly.
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The media has to be careful not to  "demonize" entire cultures, countries or ethnic groups,  otherwise it runs the risk of fomenting violence, war and even  genocide, Pope John Paul said Monday.
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Still under a cloud for recent   remarks about Islam, Pope Benedict called on Thursday for   tolerance of other religions and cultures and said a rebirth of   faith could help foster this openness in western countries.
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Secretary-General Kofi Annan appealed for nations to unite against human rights abuses, religious divisions, brutal conflicts and an unjust world economy in an emotional farewell on Tuesday. But his remarks were overshadowed by a military coup in Thailand and the Iranian president's fiery defense of his country's nuclear program.
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Secretary-General Kofi Annan will travel to the Middle East later this week, visiting Lebanon, Israel and most likely Syria and Iran to try to garner support for the U.N. resolution that led to the fragile Israeli-Hezbollah cease-fire, the U.N. said Wednesday.
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UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Wednesday cautioned against terrorism-fighting approaches that he said could generate problems in the long run.
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UN chief Kofi Annan urges the UN Human Rights Council not repeat the mistakes of its discredited predecessor.
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UN member states must concentrate on mounting âcollective responsesâ to world crises, Secretary General Kofi Annan urged today.