SG/SM/6467
17 February 1998
The Secretary-General conveys his warm congratulations to Glafcos Clerides on his re-election as President of the Republic of Cyprus
Speakers called for the development of a database on the ageing to house demographic data, as well as information on national policies and programmes, as the Commission for Social Development this morning took up the Secretary- General's report on options for future monitoring of the 1982 International Action Plan on Ageing.
Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's statement made today to correspondents and his response to their questions concerning Iraq: