Secretary-General: No name

7 May 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/6983*

UNITED NATIONS CANNOT REST UNTIL ALL OF AFRICA IS AT PEACE, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN HOWARD UNIVERSITY ADDRESS

19990507 Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's commencement address at Howard University in Washington, D.C., on 8 May:

7 May 1999

Press Release
SG/A/694

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS CARL BILDT OF SWEDEN, EDUARD KUKAN OF SLOVAKIA AS HIS ENVOYS FOR BALKANS

19990507 The following statement was made today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

6 May 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/6982

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES STATEMENT BY FOREIGN MINISTERS ON KOSOVO

19990506 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan:

6 May 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/6981
SOC/4497

'CAUSE OF THE DISABLED IS A CAUSE THAT NO ONE CAN AFFORD TO IGNORE', SECRETARY-GENERAL STATES

19990506 Addressing Presentation to Ireland Of Franklin Delano Roosevelt International Disability Award

6 May 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/6980

TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI ANNAN. FOREIGN MINISTER OF INDONESIA ALI ALATAS, FOREIGN MINISTER OF PORTUGAL JAIME GAMA

19990506

AND AMBASSADOR JAMSHEED K.A. MARKER

AT HEADQUARTERS, ON 5 MAY

The SECRETARY-GENERAL: Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. I notice we have a full room this afternoon, and I wonder why.

3 May 1999

Press Release
SG/T/2177

3 May 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/6979
PI/1130

SECRETARY-GENERAL SALUTES COURAGE AND COMMITMENT TO TRUTH OF JOURNALISTS EVERYWHERE, SO FREEDOM MAY FLOURISH IN EVERY COUNTRY

19990503 In Video-Message on Occasion of World Press Freedom Day, Kofi Annan Stresses 'Press Freedom is a Cornerstone of Human Rights'

Following is the text of the video-message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the occasion of the observance of World Press Freedom Day, in New York today:

30 April 1999

Press Release
SG/T/2176

ACTIVITIES OF SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MOSCOW, 28 - 29 APRIL

19990430 The Secretary-General arrived in Moscow from Berlin in the evening of Wednesday, 28 April.

Before beginning his official meetings on Thursday, the Secretary- General conferred with his Special Envoy for the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), Yuliy Vorontsov.

30 April 1999

Press Release
SG/T/2175

30 April 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/6978
PI/1128

FREEDOM OF SPEECH IS RIGHT TO FOUGHT FOR, NOT BLESSING TO BE WISHED FOR, JOINT MESSAGE STATES ON OCCASION OF WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY

19990430 Secretary-General Kofi Annan, UNESCO Director-General, High Commissioner for Human Rights Issue Joint Appeal for Safety of Journalists