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SG/SM/6778

REFORM IS ABOUT GETTING RIGHT PEOPLE WITH RIGHT SKILLS IN RIGHT JOB AT RIGHT TIME, SECRETARY-GENERAL STATES

29 October 1998


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SG/SM/6778
ORG/1273


REFORM IS ABOUT GETTING RIGHT PEOPLE WITH RIGHT SKILLS IN RIGHT JOB AT RIGHT TIME, SECRETARY-GENERAL STATES

19981029 Meeting with Staff on Human Resources Management Reform, Kofi Annan Stresses Need to Identify, Recruit, Develop, Retain Best Possible Staff

Following are the opening remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the open meeting for staff on human resources management reforms, in New York today:

SG/SM/6775

SECRETARY-GENERAL SADDENED BY FATALITIES ON DEMINING ACCIDENTS, PRAISES WORK OF VICTIMS AS 'UNSELFISH AND INVALUABLE'

28 October 1998


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SECRETARY-GENERAL SADDENED BY FATALITIES ON DEMINING ACCIDENTS, PRAISES WORK OF VICTIMS AS 'UNSELFISH AND INVALUABLE'

19981028 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan:

The United Nations and the international community suffered four fatalities last week in demining accidents in Angola, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Croatia.

SG/SM/6774/Rev.1*

UN NEEDS SUPPORT, STRENGTH, INITIATIVE, LEADERSHIP OF UNITED STATES, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS FORTIETH BALL OF UNA/USA

27 October 1998


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SG/SM/6774/Rev.1*


UN NEEDS SUPPORT, STRENGTH, INITIATIVE, LEADERSHIP OF UNITED STATES, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS FORTIETH BALL OF UNA/USA

19981027 American People Want Their Leaders To Give UN That Support 'on Time and without Conditions', Kofi Annan Stresses

Following is the text of the address by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the fortieth ball of the United Nations Association of the United States (UNA/USA), in New York today:

SG/SM/6774

UN NEEDS SUPPORT, STRENGTH, INITIATIVE, LEADERSHIP OF UNITED STATES, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS FORTIETH BALL OF UNA/USA

27 October 1998


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SG/SM/6774


UN NEEDS SUPPORT, STRENGTH, INITIATIVE, LEADERSHIP OF UNITED STATES, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS FORTIETH BALL OF UNA/USA

19981027 American People Want Their Leaders To Give UN That Support 'on Time and without Conditions', Kofi Annan Stresses

Following is the text of the address by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the fortieth ball of the United Nations Association of the United States (UNA/USA), in New York today:

SG/SM/6773

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES PARTIES TO CONFLICT IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO TO SHOW STATESMANSHIP NEEDED TO REACH COMPROMISE FOR IMMEDIATE CEASEFIRE

26 October 1998


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SG/SM/6773
AFR/110


SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES PARTIES TO CONFLICT IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO TO SHOW STATESMANSHIP NEEDED TO REACH COMPROMISE FOR IMMEDIATE CEASEFIRE

19981026 The following statement on the Lusaka meeting on the conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

SG/SM/6772

MILLIONS OF AMERICANS SUPPORT UNITED NATIONS GOALS AND VALUES, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN MESSAGE TO CANDLELIGHT VIGIL

26 October 1998


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SG/SM/6772


MILLIONS OF AMERICANS SUPPORT UNITED NATIONS GOALS AND VALUES, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN MESSAGE TO CANDLELIGHT VIGIL

19981026

Following is the text of a message to the Third Worldwide Candlelight Vigil, held to draw attention to the Organization's financial situation, delivered Friday, 23 October, by Assistant Secretary-General for External Relations Gillian Sorensen, on behalf of Secretary-General Kofi Annan: