Secretary-General: Press Release

Press Release
SG/SM/7470
AFR/249

SECRETARY-GENERAL GRATIFIED TO LEARN OF RELEASE OF 21 UNITED NATIONS MISSION IN SIERRA LEONE (UNAMSIL) PERSONNEL

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

Press Release
SG/SM/7469

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES IMMEDIATE END TO FIGHTING IN SUDAN

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

The Secretary-General is concerned by renewed fighting in the Bahr-el- Ghazal area between the forces of the Government of Sudan and the Sudanese People’s Liberation Movement.

Press Release
SG/SM/7467

ONE OF GREATEST CHALLENGES TO HUMANKIND IN NEW CENTURY WILL BE STRUGGLE TO MAKE PRACTICE OF DEMOCRACY EQUALLY UNIVERSAL, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

Following is the address delivered today in Warsaw by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the International Conference: "Towards a Community of Democracies":

Press Release
SG/SM/7466

TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE GIVEN BY SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI ANNAN AND OTHER OFFICIALS TO LAUNCH JOINT REPORT 'A BETTER WORLD FOR ALL'

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SG/SM/7468
CA/22

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEEPLY PLEASED WITH SIGNING OF GUATEMALA PACT

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

Press Release
SG/SM/7466

TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE GIVEN BY SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI ANNAN AND OTHER OFFICIALS TO LAUNCH JOINT REPORT ‘A BETTER WORLD FOR ALL’

Press Release
SG/SM/7465

ECONOMIC GROWTH ABOUT PEOPLE -- THEIR HEALTH, EDUCATION, SECURITY, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL TO FORUM GENEVA 2000

Following is the address of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the opening ceremony of the Forum Geneva 2000 in Geneva on 25 June:

Press Release
SG/SM/7464

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN ADDRESS TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY SPECIAL SESSION, SAYS SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC WELFARE NOT SEPARATE CONCEPTS

Following is the address of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the General Assembly special session “World Summit for Social Development and Beyond: Achieving Social Development for All in a Globalizing World” in Geneva on 26 June:

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SG/SM/7463

PEACE BUILT FROM BOTTOM UP 'BEGINS WITH EVERY ONE OF US', SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL TO 'MONDIAL DES ENFANTS' FESTIVAL

Following is the text of remarks made by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Festival Mondial des Enfants in Basel, Switzerland, on 24 June:

Press Release
SG/A/736
PKO/91

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS JEAN-MARIE GUÉHENNO UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS

Secretary-General Kofi Annan has appointed Jean-Marie Guéhenno of France as Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, effective 1 October.