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DSG/SM/3/Rev.1*
29 April 1998


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DSG/SM/3/Rev.1*


DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS FLEXIBILITY AND ADAPTABILITY OF ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES SHOULD BE EMULATED

19980429 ADVANCE TEXT Following is the text of the statement by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette, to be delivered tomorrow at the ceremony to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the Organization of American States, in Santa Fe de Bogota, Colombia:

DSG/SM/3
29 April 1998


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DSG/SM/3


DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS FLEXIBILITY AND ADAPTABILITY OF ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES SHOULD BE EMULATED

19980429 ADVANCE TEXT Following is the text of the statement by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette, to be delivered tomorrow at the ceremony to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the Organization of American States, in Santa Fe de Bogota, Colombia:

SG/SM/6541*
27 April 1998


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SG/SM/6541*


SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES RELIGIOUS, SPIRITUAL DIMENSIONS OF UNITED NATIONS WORK, IN KEYNOTE ADDRESS

19980427 Speaks on "Challenge of Diversity" at Event By Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding

Following is the text of the keynote address by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on "The Challenge of Diversity" for the Rabbi Marc H. Tanenbaum Memorial Lecture, to be delivered this evening at the Park Avenue Synagogue, New York:

SG/SM/6540
27 April 1998


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SG/SM/6540
CA/15


SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS ASSASSINATION OF MONSIGNOR GERARDI, SENIOR HUMAN RIGHTS FIGURE, IN GUATEMALA CITY

19980427 Following is the text of a statement attributable to the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General condemns in the strongest terms the assassination last night of Monsignor Juan Gerardi Conedera, Coordinator General of the Human Rights Office of the Archbishopric of Guatemala.

SG/SM/6539
27 April 1998


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SG/SM/6539
GA/9404


SECRETARY-GENERAL UPDATES ASSEMBLY ON UNITED NATIONS REFORM

19980427 Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's statement delivered today at the General Assembly:

HR/CN/875
27 April 1998


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HR/CN/875


COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS CONCLUDES FIFTY-FOURTH SESSION

19980427 Appoints Special Rapporteurs on Foreign Debt Burden, Right To Education; Establishes Working Group on Right to Development

(Reissued as received.)