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Secretary-General: Press Release

SG/SM/6404

FAILURE OF CONGRESS TO ACT ON PAYMENT OF ARREARS RAISES TROUBLING QUESTIONS ABOUT UNITED STATES, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS AT PRINCETON UNIVERSITY

24 November 1997


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SG/SM/6404


FAILURE OF CONGRESS TO ACT ON PAYMENT OF ARREARS RAISES TROUBLING QUESTIONS ABOUT UNITED STATES, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS AT PRINCETON UNIVERSITY

19971124 CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's address on "Tomorrow's United Nations" to be delivered tonight at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University:

SG/SM/6395

SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI ANNAN HAILS FRENCH-SPEAKING COMMUNITY'S COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY AT TIME OF INCREASING GLOBALIZATION

21 November 1997


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SG/SM/6395


SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI ANNAN HAILS FRENCH-SPEAKING COMMUNITY'S COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY AT TIME OF INCREASING GLOBALIZATION

19971121 The following is a message, translated from French, from Secretary- General Kofi Annan which was read out on 14 November by former United Nations Secretary-General Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, at the Francophone Summit in Hanoi:

SG/SM/6403

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES OUTCOME OF DIPLOMATIC EFFORTS ON IRAQ

20 November 1997


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SG/SM/6403
IK/231


SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES OUTCOME OF DIPLOMATIC EFFORTS ON IRAQ

19971120 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General was pleased to hear the outcome of the diplomatic efforts on Iraq announced in Geneva early this morning.

SG/SM/6400

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN WORLD AIDS DAY MESSAGE, STRESSES NEED FOR PROGRAMMES TO HELP CHILD VICTIMS

19 November 1997


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OBV/21


SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN WORLD AIDS DAY MESSAGE, STRESSES NEED FOR PROGRAMMES TO HELP CHILD VICTIMS

19971119 One Million under Age of 15 Living with HIV; Response So Far 'Inadequate'

This is the text of a message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the occasion of World AIDS Day, Monday, 1 December:

World AIDS Day is both a solemn observance and a call to action.

SG/SM/6398

USE OF PEACE-KEEPING MUST BE CREDIBLE AND LEGITIMATE, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS PEACE-KEEPING SEMINAR

17 November 1997


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PKO/64


USE OF PEACE-KEEPING MUST BE CREDIBLE AND LEGITIMATE, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS PEACE-KEEPING SEMINAR

19971117

Following is the statement of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the seminar "Adapting to a Changing World: Recent Lessons from United Nations Peace-keeping Operations", organized by the Government of Denmark and held in New York, on 17 November: