Secretary-General: No name

4 February 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/6887
AFR/130

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEEPLY DISMAYED AT RESUMPTION OF FIGHTING IN GUINEA-BISSAU

19990204 The following statement was issued today by the Office of the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

4 February 1999

Press Release
SG/A/689

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS MILES STOBY AS COORDINATOR FOR PREPARATIONS FOR UNITED NATIONS MILLENNIUM ASSEMBLY

19990204 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

3 February 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/6886

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR EXTRA EFFORT TO END AFRICA'S WARS, UNLEASH ITS RICH POTENTIAL, AS HE ACCEPTS 1999 BLACK HISTORY MAKERS AWARD

19990203 Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Associated Black Charities upon receiving the 1999 Black History Makers Award in New York on February:

3 February 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/6885

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES EFFORTS TO MINIMIZE UNCERTAINTIES OF GLOBALIZATION IN ADDRESS TO ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL

19990203 Following is the address of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Organizational Session of the Economic and Social Council in New York on 3 February:

3 February 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/6884

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES KOSOVO PEACE TALKS

19990203 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General welcomes the timely decision of the Contact Group to convene peace talks on Kosovo at Rambouillet. He is convinced that a peaceful settlement can only be reached through direct dialogue between the parties concerned.

3 February 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/6883

FOREIGN MINISTERS OF INDONESIA, PORTUGAL TO MEET WITH SECRETARY-GENERAL ON PLAN FOR EAST TIMOR 8 FEBRUARY

19990203 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

2 February 1999

Press Release
SG/T/2168

SECRETARY-GENERAL'S ACTIVITIES IN DAVOS, SWITZERLAND 29 JANUARY - 1 FEBRUARY

19990202 (Received from a spokesman travelling with the Secretary-General.)

2 February 1999

Press Release
SG/T/2167

SECRETARY-GENERAL'S VISIT TO LUXEMBOURG, 28-29 JANUARY

19990202

The Secretary-General arrived in Luxembourg in the evening of Thursday, 28 January. He was welcomed by Jacques F. Poos, Vice-Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Luxembourg.

1 February 1999

Press Release
SG/T/2166

SECRETARY-GENERAL'S VISIT TO BELGIUM, 26-28 JANUARY

19990201

The Secretary-General travelled from Geneva to Brussels in the evening of Tuesday, 26 January. He was welcomed to Belgium by the Belgian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Erik Derycke.

At 9:30 a.m. on the following day, he met with the families of the Belgian peacekeepers killed in Rwanda in 1994. He then had an audience with King Albert II at the Palais Royal.

1 February 1999

Press Release
SG/T/2165

SECRETARY-GENERAL'S VISIT TO SWITZERLAND, 23-26 JANUARY

19990201

The Secretary-General arrived in Geneva from Dublin, Ireland, on Saturday afternoon, 23 January.

On Sunday, following the decision taken at the Arusha Regional Summit by Burundi's neighbouring countries to suspend economic sanctions imposed on that country, the Secretary-General issued a statement welcoming this move (see Press Release SG/SM/6871).