Secretary-General: Press Release

16 September 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6702

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS RESTORING GLOBAL CULTURE OF KNOWLEDGE MUST BE UNITED NATIONS PRIORITY IN NEXT CENTURY

19980916 CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY Delivering First Eqbal Ahmad Lecture at Hampshire College, Kofi Annan Calls Attention to Crisis of Knowledge in Third World

Following is the text of the First Annual Eqbal Ahmad Lecture, which was delivered by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at Hampshire College, in Massachusetts, today:

16 September 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6701
OBV/57

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES CITIZENS TO BUY ONLY OZONE-FRIENDLY PRODUCTS

19980916

Following is the text of the address given by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the occasion of the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer, 16 September 1998:

16 September 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6700/Rev.1*

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS BASIC AFFINITY AMONG PEOPLES SHOULD PREVAIL OVER FORCES 'THAT WOULD TEAR US APART FOR NARROW GAINS'

19980916 Addressing Interfaith Celebration of Commitment to UN Work, Kofi Annan Notes General Assembly Resolutions Could Be Seen as 'a Form of Prayer'

16 September 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6700

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS BASIC AFFINITY AMONG PEOPLES SHOULD PREVAIL OVER FORCES 'THAT WOULD TEAR US APART FOR NARROW GAINS'

19980916 Addressing Interfaith Celebration of Commitment to UN Work, Kofi Annan Notes General Assembly Resolutions Could be Seen as 'a Form of Prayer'

16 September 1998

Press Release
SG/2047

SECRETARY-GENERAL PUBLISHES EMINENT PANEL'S REPORT ON ALGERIA

19980916 The following press communique on the report on Algeria by the Panel of Eminent Personalities was issued today by the Office of the Spokesman for the Secretary-General:

15 September 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6699

PRESS CORPS AND UNITED NATIONS OPERATE IN ATMOSPHERE OF REMARKABLE TRUST, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

19980915 Kofi Annan Addresses Dag Hammarskjöld Scholarship Luncheon, Commends Correspondents Grasp of Organization's Work

Following is the text of the statement given by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the annual luncheon of the Dag Hammarskjöld Memorial Scholarship Fund in New York today:

14 September 1998

Press Release
SG/T/2150

14 September 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6698

SECRETARY-GENERAL SADDENED BY DEATH OF RICARDO RAMIREZ, KEY FIGURE IN NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN GUATEMALA AND URNG

19980914 The following was issued today by the Spokesman for the Secretary- General Kofi Annan:

14 September 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6697
PI/1079

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR NEW UNITED NATIONS-NGO PARTNERSHIP AMIDST ONGOING HUMAN RIGHTS REVOLUTION

19980914

Addressing Annual DPI-NGO Conference, Credits NGOs with Championing Human Rights

The following is the text of the statement given today by Secretary- General Kofi Annan to the annual DPI-NGO Conference which began at Headquarters:

11 September 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6696

SECRETARY-GENERAL PAYS HOMAGE TO NINE UNITED NATIONS WORKERS KILLED IN CRASH OF SWISSAIR FLIGHT 111

19980911 Tragedy Gives Occasion To Reflect on Work Of 'United Nations Family' in Fight for Good, Peace and Life

The following is the text of the statement given today by Secretary- General Kofi Annan at the memorial service for the victims of the Swissair flight 111 air crash: