SG/SM/6630
6 July 1998
Following is the text of an address by Secretary-General Kofi Annan during today's opening meeting of the 1998 substantive session of the Economic an Social Council:
Economic and Social Council Begins 1998 Substantive Session with Dialogue on Developments in World Economy
The following statement was issued this evening by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
I wish to clarify that, contrary to press reports out of Bogota, Colombia, neither the Secretary-General nor any authorized official has proposed that the United Nations play a role in peace negotiations in that country.