Secretary-General: No name

23 July 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6652

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS UNITED NATIONS CAN FACILITATE INTERNATIONAL FIGHT AGAINST 'UNCIVIL SOCIETY'

19980723 Through UN, States Can Create Strong Laws to Fight Corruption, Terrorism, Transnational Crime, Trafficking in Weapons and People

The following is the text of the "magisterial lecture" delivered today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the Foreign Ministry of Mexico:

23 July 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6651

SECRETARY-GENERAL RECOGNIZES MEXICO'S CAPITAL AS CITY OF PEACE, NOTING ITS ROLE AS HOST OF PEACE TALKS ON EL SALVADOR, GUATEMALA, NICARAGUA

19980723 The following is a statement given yesterday, 22 July, by Secretary- General Kofi Annan to the Department of the Federal District of Mexico City, following his being presented the key to the City:

22 July 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6650
AFG/80

SECRETARY-GENERAL SHOCKED TO LEARN OF DEATH OF TWO HUMANITARIAN WORKERS IN AFGHANISTAN

19980722 The following statement was issued by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan:

21 July 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6648
CA/16

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONSIDERS AWARD FROM GUATEMALAN GOVERNMENT AS TRIBUTE TO THOSE COMMITTED TO PEACE

19980721 Following is the text of the statement made by Secretary-General Kofi Annan upon receiving the "Orden del Quetzal", the highest honour the Government of Guatemala could bestow on a civilian, in Guatemala City on Monday, 20 July:

I am deeply honoured to receive the "Orden del Quetzal".

21 July 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6647

SECRETARY-GENERAL DISTRESSED BY DEATHS OF FOUR UNMOT PERSONNEL

19980721 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan:

21 July 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6646
AFR/83

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES ANNOUNCEMENT OF PROGRAMME TO MOVE NIGERIA TOWARDS DEMOCRATIC CIVILIAN RULE

19980721 The following was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

21 July 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6645

SECRETARY-GENERAL ENCOURAGES CAMBODIANS TO VOTE FREELY IN 26 JULY NATIONAL ELECTIONS

19980721 The following was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

20 July 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6644

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES SYMPATHY TO PEOPLE OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA

19980720

This is the text of a statement today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan:

20 July 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6643
L/2891

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS ESTABLISHMENT OF INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT IS GIFT OF HOPE TO FUTURE GENERATIONS

19980720 Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's statement at the ceremony held at Campidoglio on Saturday, 18 July, celebrating the adoption of the Statute of the International Criminal Court at a United Nations Diplomatic Conference, which concluded in Rome the previous day:

This is indeed a historic moment.

17 July 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6642

SECRETARY-GENERAL'S TRIBUTE TO MAHBUB UL HAQ, CREATOR OF UNITED NATIONS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT

19980717 This is the text of a statement today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The untimely death yesterday of Mahbub ul Haq is a loss for the world, and especially for those of us who were privileged to know and work with him in the United Nations system, to which he contributed so much.