Secretary-General: Press Release

Press Release
SG/SM/7508
AFR/261

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEEPLY CONCERNED OVER SECURITY OF HUMANITARIAN PERSONNEL AND FACILITIES BELONGING TO OPERATION LIFELINE SUDAN

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

Press Release
SG/SM/7507
AFG/119

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEEPLY SADDENED TO LEARN OF MURDER OF SEVEN RELIEF WORKERS IN WESTERN AFGHANISTAN

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

Press Release
SG/SM/7506
OBV/155

'LET US RESOLVE TO CONSOLIDATE OUR PARTNERSHIPS WITH YOUTH ON EVERY FRONT', SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES IN INTERNATIONAL YOUTH DAY MESSAGE

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's message for International Youth Day, which is celebrated on 12 August:

Press Release
SG/A/741
PI/1264

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS HATSUHISA TAKASHIMA DIRECTOR OF UN INFORMATION CENTRE IN TOKYO

Secretary-General Kofi Annan has appointed Hatsuhisa Takashima as the Director of the United Nations Information Centre in Tokyo. He will take up his duties on 1 September 2000.

The Secretary-General arrived in Accra, Ghana, on Saturday evening, 29 July. He was met at the airport by the head of State of the Republic of Ghana, Flight Lieutenant Jerry John Rawlings.

Press Release
SG/SM/7504

SECRETARY-GENERAL VERY CONCERNED OVER DETENTION OF BRITISH OSCE MEMBERS AND CANADIAN CITIZENS BY YUGOSLAV ARMY IN MONTENEGRO

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

Press Release
SG/SM/7503
AFG/117

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEEPLY CONCERNED OVER HUMANITARIAN IMPACT OF TALIBAN EDICT PROHIBITING AFGHAN WOMEN FROM WORKING WITH FOREIGN AGENCIES

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

Press Release
SG/SM/7502
AFR/259

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SHOULD BE USED TO TAP KNOWLEDGE FROM GREATEST UNIVERSITIES TO BRING LEARNING TO ALL, KOFI ANNAN SAYS

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's address today in Legon, Ghana, upon receiving an honourary degree from the University of Ghana:

Press Release
SG/SM/7501

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEPLORES OVERNIGHT MASSACRES IN KASHMIR; CALLS FOR MAXIMUM RESTRAINT TO PREVENT FURTHER ESCALATION

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

Press Release
SG/SM/7500
AFR/258

AFRICA NEEDS WELL-TRAINED, WELL-EQUIPPED PEACEKEEPERS TO MEET CRISES FACING CONTINENT, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks today at the commissioning and sod-cutting of the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre in Teshie, Ghana: