Press Release

21 May 1998

Press Release
BIO/3161*/Rev.1**

NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF COSTA RICA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

19980521 Biographical Note

Bernd H. Niehaus Quesada, the new Permanent Representative of Costa Rica to the United Nations, today presented his credentials to Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

21 May 1998

Press Release
BIO/3161*

NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF COSTA RICA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

19980521 Biographical Note

Bernd H. Niehaus Quesada, the new Permanent Representative of Costa Rica to the United Nations, today presented his credentials to Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

20 May 1998

Press Release
SOC/4450

20 May 1998

Press Release
SOC/4449

LACK OF POLITICAL WILL TO IMPLEMENT SOCIAL SUMMIT OUTCOME STRESSED BY SPEAKERS IN PREPARATORY COMMITTEE FOR ASSEMBLY'S SESSION

19980520 Preparatory Committee Should Coordinate Its Work With Commission for Social Development, Japan's Representative States

20 May 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6569

'THROUGH FAITH AND FORGIVENESS YOU MUST MAKE BOSNIA ONE AGAIN', SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS COUNTRY'S RELIGIOUS LEADERS

19980520 CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY In Remarks to Dialogue among Four Religious Leaders of Bosnia And Herzegovina, Kofi Annan Congratulates Them on 'Remarkable Act of Healing'

20 May 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6568
AFR/62

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRONGLY CONDEMNS ARMED ATTACK AGAINST UNITED NATIONS PERSONNEL IN ANGOLA

19980520 Following is the text of a statement attributable to the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General strongly condemns yesterday's armed attack against United Nations personnel in Angola, in which one local interpreter was killed and several people were wounded.

20 May 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6567

SECRETARY-GENERAL EMPHASIZES IMPORTANCE OF MANAGING MULTILATERALISM FOR PEACEFUL CHANGE

19980520 CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's address to the Columbia University Alumni Federation's centennial commencement day luncheon today:

20 May 1998

Press Release
SG/A/681
BIO/3160

20 May 1998

Press Release
SC/6518

SECURITY COUNCIL CALLS ON REBELS IN SIERRA LEONE TO LAY DOWN ARMS, CEASE RESISTANCE TO LEGITIMATE GOVERNMENT

19980520 Presidential Statement Condemns Atrocities By Rebels, Calls for End to All Violence against Civilians

20 May 1998

Press Release
GA/AB/3231