Secretary-General: No name

20 January 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6147

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS ACT OF VIOLENCE AGAINST AID WORKERS IN RWANDA

19970120 The following statement was issued today by the Acting Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General was shocked by the killing of three Spanish aid workers and the wounding of an American aid worker employed by Médecins du Monde in Ruhengeri, Rwanda.

20 January 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6146

SECRETARY-GENERAL MEETS WITH SENIOR ADVISERS ON REFORM PROCESS

19970120 The following statement was issued on Saturday, 18 January, by the Acting Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

Secretary-General Kofi Annan today took personal direction of United Nations reform in a 90-minute Saturday morning meeting with senior advisers that addressed the time-frame and the process for the reform effort.

15 January 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6145

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES HEBRON AGREEMENT AS 'IMPORTANT ACHIEVEMENT'

19970115 The following statement was issued today by the Acting Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General is very much encouraged by the conclusion of an agreement regarding Hebron and other important issues, which has now been reached between Israel and the Palestinians.

14 January 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6144

13 January 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6143

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN PRESS STATEMENT ON LETTER-BOMBS, CONDEMNS 'COWARDLY ACT'

19970113 The following is the transcript of the Secretary-General's statement to the press, upon leaving the Secretariat building at 6:40 p.m. today, concerning the letter-bombs at Headquarters:

13 January 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6142

SECRETARY-GENERAL, SHOCKED TO LEARN OF MASSACRE IN BURUNDI, STRONGLY URGES PARTIES TO NEGOTIATE

19970113 The following statement was issued today by the Acting Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General was shocked to learn of another massacre by the Burundi Army, on 10 January, of 122 Burundi refugees returning from the United Republic of Tanzania, in the province of Muyinga.

10 January 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6141

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER INCREASED TENSIONS IN CYPRUS

19970110 The following statement was issued today by the Acting Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

10 January 1997

Press Release
SG/2031
BIO/3053*

KOFI ANNAN, UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY-GENERAL

19970110 Biographical Note

9 January 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6140

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES STAFF TO STRIVE FOR EXCELLENCE, STRESSING UN PERFORMANCE WILL TURN DETRACTORS INTO SUPPORTERS

19970109 `Nobody Argues with Success', Says Kofi Annan In Address to Staff; `My Mission, However Impossible, Is Your Mission Too'

The following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan's address to United Nations staff today:

Friends and colleagues,

31 December 1996

Press Release
SG/SM/6139

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN PARTING MESSAGE TO UNITED NATIONS STAFF, PRAISED ITS DEDICATION, INTEGRITY, IMAGINATION, COURAGE

19961231 `I am Honoured To Have Worked with You', Says Boutros Boutros-Ghali

The following is a message from Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali to United Nations staff as he concludes his term of office: