Secretary-General: Press Release

9 February 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6458
AFG/77

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES SORROW OVER DEVASTATION, LARGE LOSS OF LIFE CAUSED BY EARTHQUAKES IN AFGHANISTAN

19980209

The following was issued on Saturday, 7 February, by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

9 February 1998

Press Release
SG/2043

9 February 1998

Press Release
SG/2042
TAD/1854

6 February 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6457

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS NEW FLAG OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA SYMBOLIZES COMMITMENT TO CONSOLIDATING HARD-WON PEACE

19980206 Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's statement at the flag-raising ceremony for Bosnia and Herzegovina today:

6 February 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6456
GA/COL/2975

SECRETARY-GENERAL, OPENING MEETING OF DECOLONIZATION COMMITTEE, SAYS GOAL OF ERADICATING COLONIALISM BY YEAR 2000 SHOULD GUIDE ITS WORK

19980206 Following is the statement of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the meeting of the Committee on the Situation with Regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, in New York on 6 February:

6 February 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6455
ECOSOC/5749

SECRETARY-GENERAL NOTES NEW POLITICAL CONSENSUS ON STRENGTHENING ROLE OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL, SAYS 'OPPORTUNITY MUST BE SEIZED'

19980206 Addressing Council's Organizational Session, Kofi Annan Reviews Work of ACC, Calls It Symbol of Unity of Purpose of United Nations System

5 February 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6454

ACHIEVEMENT OF EFFECTIVE PREVENTION IS TESTAMENT TO SUCCEEDING GENERATIONS 'THAT OURS HAD THE WILL TO SAVE THEM FROM THE SCOURGE OF WAR'

19980205 CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY Secretary-General States in Address to Forum On Final Report of Carnegie Commission on Preventing Deadly Conflict

4 February 1998

Press Release
SG/T/2115

ACTIVITIES OF SECRETARY-GENERAL IN PARIS, LONDON AND DAVOS 26 JANUARY - 1 FEBRUARY

19980204 (Received from the Office of the Spokesman for the Secretary-General.)

4 February 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6453
GA/PAL/773

COUNTRIES AND PEOPLES OF MIDDLE EAST 'ARE OF THE HIGHEST PRIORITY TO ME', SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS PALESTINIAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE

19980204 ADVANCE TEXT Kofi Annan Stresses Importance of Creating Political and Economic Conditions To Support Lasting Peace

4 February 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6452

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS ON ALL NATIONS TO OBSERVE OLYMPIC TRUCE

19980204 Following is the text of a message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the XVIII Olympic Winter Games, to be held at Nagano, Japan, from 7 to 22 February: