The SECRETARY-GENERAL: Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. The Nigerian Government has confirmed to me this afternoon the death in Abuja today of Moshood Abiola.
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The following statement was issued today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
The Nigerian Government has confirmed to me this afternoon the death in Abuja today of Moshood Abiola.
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Secretary-General Kofi Annan left New York on Thursday, 25 June, for a European tour during which he spoke at the annual conference of a private foundation in Ditchley, England, and chaired a panel discussion on human rights in Vienna, Austria.
This is the text of a statement today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan:
On Monday, 13 July, in Brasilia, Brazil, the Secretary-General of the United Nations begins a five-nation tour in Latin America that will also take him to Uruguay, Argentina, Guatemala and Mexico.
Following is the text of an address by Secretary-General Kofi Annan during today's opening meeting of the 1998 substantive session of the Economic an Social Council:
The following statement was issued this evening by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
I wish to clarify that, contrary to press reports out of Bogota, Colombia, neither the Secretary-General nor any authorized official has proposed that the United Nations play a role in peace negotiations in that country.
