General Assembly: Press Release

16 January 1997

Press Release
GA/COL/2955

CONSULTATIONS BETWEEN ADMINISTERING POWERS AND DECOLONIZATION COMMITTEE SHOULD HELP UNITED NATIONS REACH GOAL OF ERADICATING COLONIALISM BY YEAR 2000

19970116 Secretary-General, in Opening Message, Tells Special Committee of 24 as 1997 Session Begins; Work Programme Adopted

23 December 1996

Press Release
GA/9214

SECRETARY-GENERAL ELECT SAYS UNITED NATIONS 'INDISPENSABLE, IRREPLACEABLE', AS APPOINTMENT HIGHLIGHTS FIFTY-FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

19961223 Praises 'Extraordinary Statesman', Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali; UN Must Provide Timely Leadership on 'Issues of Our Time', Says Assembly President

18 December 1996

Press Release
GA/AB/3133

SUSTAINED ECONOMIC GROWTH AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY TO BE PRIORITIES OF UN INTO TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY

19961218 Under Medium-term Plan Recommended for Adoption By Assembly as Administrative and Budgetary Committee Suspends Work

18 December 1996

Press Release
GA/AB/3132

GENERAL ASSEMBLY WOULD REDUCE 1996-1997 BUDGET TO $2.603 BILLION IF IT ADOPTS DRAFTS RECOMMENDED BY FIFTH COMMITTEE

19961218 Administrative and Budgetary Deliberations Due to Continue This Morning

18 December 1996

Press Release
GA/9213

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS MEDIUM-TERM PLAN, ACCORDING PRIORITIES FOR UNITED NATIONS INTO NEXT MILLENNIUM

19961218 Suspending Session, Assembly President Says 265 Texts Adopted; Wonders Whether They Reflect 'Issues of Our Time'

18 December 1996

Press Release
GA/9212

TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY SECRETARY-GENERAL ELECT KOFI ANNAN (GHANA)

19961218

This is the transcript of a press conference held at Headquarters today by Secretary-General elect, Kofi Annan:

17 December 1996

Press Release
GA/9211

SECRETARY-GENERAL-DESIGNATE OUTLINES GOALS FOR TERM, TELLS ASSEMBLY UNITED NATIONS STILL HAS VITAL ROLE, DESERVING GLOBAL ATTENTION AND SUPPORT

19961217 Kofi Annan Stresses Ongoing Problems, Asserts Capacity of World Organization to Improve Human Condition, Especially for Less Fortunate

This is the text of a statement to the General Assembly this afternoon by Secretary-General designate, Kofi Annan:

17 December 1996

Press Release
GA/9210

ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT WELCOMES SECRETARY-GENERAL-DESIGNATE INTO COLLECTIVE ENDEAVOUR TO STEER UN COURSE TO BETTER SERVE NEEDS OF HUMANITY

19961217 Following is the statement made today by the President of the General Assembly, Razali Ismail (Malaysia), at the plenary on agenda item 16 -- appointment of the Secretary-General:

17 December 1996

Press Release
GA/9209

ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT PROFOUNDLY SHOCKED BY ACT OF VIOLENCE AGAINST ICRC WORKERS

19961217 The following statement was made this morning by General Assembly President Razali Ismail (Malaysia) in the plenary:

I would like to inform the Assembly of a communication of tragic news received from the International Committee of the Red Cross, an observer of the Assembly.

17 December 1996

Press Release
GA/9208

GENERAL ASSEMBLY APPOINTS KOFI ANNAN OF GHANA AS SEVENTH SECRETARY-GENERAL

19961217 Also Adopts Legal Committee Texts, Resolutions on Bosnia and Herzegovina, World Television Day

The General Assembly this afternoon appointed by acclamation Kofi Annan of Ghana as the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations, with a term beginning on 1 January 1997 and ending 31 December 2001.