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Secretary-General: Press Release

SG/SM/6489

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS PERSISTENCE OF CONFLICTS SINCE FALL OF BERLIN WALL NECESSITATES REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL DISARMAMENT MECHANISMS

17 March 1998


Press Release
SG/SM/6489
DC/2598


SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS PERSISTENCE OF CONFLICTS SINCE FALL OF BERLIN WALL NECESSITATES REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL DISARMAMENT MECHANISMS

19980317 Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's statement, delivered today at the thirtieth session of the Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters in Geneva:

SG/SM/6488/Rev.1*

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN GENEVA, THANKS STAFF FOR SUPPORT

17 March 1998


Press Release
SG/SM/6488/Rev.1*


SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN GENEVA, THANKS STAFF FOR SUPPORT

19980317 The following statement was made this morning by Secretary-General Kofi Annan upon arrival at the Palais des Nations, where he was met by a large gathering of the staff of the United Nations Office at Geneva:

Good morning my friends. This is a real homecoming.

SG/SM/6488

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN GENEVA, THANKS STAFF FOR SUPPORT

17 March 1998


Press Release
SG/SM/6488


SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN GENEVA, THANKS STAFF FOR SUPPORT

19980317 The following statement was made this morning by Secretary-General Kofi Annan upon arrival at the Palais des Nations, where he was met by a large gathering of the staff of the United Nations Office at Geneva.

Bonjour mes amis. This is a real homecoming.

SG/SM/6487/Rev.1*

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS PREVENTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS MUST MARK TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY

16 March 1998


Press Release
SG/SM/6487/Rev.1*
HR/4355/Rev.1*


SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS PREVENTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS MUST MARK TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY

19980316 Addressing Opening of Human Rights Commission's Session, Stresses Need to Uphold Universal Declaration on Human Rights

Following is the text of the statement today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the opening of the fifty-fourth session of the Commission on Human Rights in Geneva:

SG/SM/6487

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS PREVENTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS MUST MARK TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY

16 March 1998


Press Release
SG/SM/6487
HR/4355


SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS PREVENTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS MUST MARK TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY

19980316 Addressing Opening of Human Rights Commission's Session, Stresses Need to Uphold Universal Declaration on Human Rights

Following is the text of the statement today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the opening of the fifty-fourth session of the Commission on Human Rights in Geneva:

SG/T/2118

SECRETARY-GENERAL'S VISIT TO WASHINGTON, D.C., 11-12 MARCH

13 March 1998


Press Release
SG/T/2118


SECRETARY-GENERAL'S VISIT TO WASHINGTON, D.C., 11-12 MARCH

19980313

The Secretary-General departed to Washington, D.C on the morning of Wednesday, 11 March. He and his party had an unscheduled 30-minute meeting on arrival at 10 a.m at the Ronald Reagan airport with the United States Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs, Princeton Lyman.