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SG/SM/6848

SECRETARY-GENERAL DECIDES TEMPORARILY RELOCATED UNITED NATIONS STAFF SHOULD RETURN TO BAGHDAD

21 December 1998


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SECRETARY-GENERAL DECIDES TEMPORARILY RELOCATED UNITED NATIONS STAFF SHOULD RETURN TO BAGHDAD

19981221 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General has decided that the United Nations staff temporarily relocated from Baghdad to Amman on 18 December should return to Baghdad. They will travel to Baghdad by road on 22 December.

SG/SM/6844

SECRETARY-GENERAL ACCEPTS PLAQUE FROM CIVIL SERVANTS ASSOCIATION MARKING ANNIVERSARY OF HUMAN RIGHTS DECLARATION

17 December 1998


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SECRETARY-GENERAL ACCEPTS PLAQUE FROM CIVIL SERVANTS ASSOCIATION MARKING ANNIVERSARY OF HUMAN RIGHTS DECLARATION

19981217 Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the unveiling of a plaque donated by the Association of Former International Civil Servants (AFICS) to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, at Headquarters on 17 December:

SG/SM/6842

SECRETARY-GENERAL'S ADVISORY ON UNITED NATIONS PERSONNEL IN IRAQ

16 December 1998


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SECRETARY-GENERAL'S ADVISORY ON UNITED NATIONS PERSONNEL IN IRAQ

19981216

This is the text of a statement this evening by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan, following the reports of the military action against Iraq:

SG/SM/6841

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEEPLY REGRETS THAT UNITED NATIONS EFFORTS TO SEEK PEACE IN IRAQ HAVE PROVED INSUFFICIENT

16 December 1998


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SECRETARY-GENERAL DEEPLY REGRETS THAT UNITED NATIONS EFFORTS TO SEEK PEACE IN IRAQ HAVE PROVED INSUFFICIENT

19981216 Stresses Acute Need for Humanitarian Relief and Healing Diplomacy In Iraq and Wider Region Will Continue, Says UN Will Be Ready to Play its Part

The following is a statement to the press by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on United Kingdom-United States military action against Iraq, in New York today:

SG/SM/6840

SECRETARY-GENERAL SEES DESTRUCTION OF WETLANDS, FORESTS, MARINE AND COASTAL HABITATS AS 'THREAT TO FUTURE GENERATIONS'

16 December 1998


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SECRETARY-GENERAL SEES DESTRUCTION OF WETLANDS, FORESTS, MARINE AND COASTAL HABITATS AS 'THREAT TO FUTURE GENERATIONS'

19981216 Message for Biological Diversity Day Says Human Activity Worsened Damage from Hurricane Mitch; Calls for Bio-Safety Protocol

This is the text of a message from Secretary-General Kofi Annan to mark the observance of the International Day for Biological Diversity on 29 December:

SG/SM/6839

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS WORK OF BUILDING DEFENCES OF LASTING PEACE NEVER DONE

15 December 1998


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SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS WORK OF BUILDING DEFENCES OF LASTING PEACE NEVER DONE

19981215

Following is the text of remarks made today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the occasion of the rededication of the mural, "Mankind's Struggle for Lasting Peace", presented to the United Nations by the Dominican Republic and Spain: