Secretary-General: Press Release

11 December 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6835

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES HOPE IRAN AND UNITED ARAB EMIRATES WILL MAKE RENEWED BILATERAL EFFORT ON ISSUE OF ABU MUSA, GREATER AND LESSER TUNB

19981211 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan:

There have been press reports about an alleged mediation offer by the Secretary-General on the issue of Abu Musa and the Greater and Lesser Tunb Islands.

11 December 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6834
PI/1107

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS ON INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO SPARE NO EFFORT TO MEET CHALLENGE OF YEAR 2000 ISSUE

19981211 In Remarks to Informatics Working Group, Kofi Annan Calls Y2K Unique Problem Created by Very Young Industry

Following are remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the meeting of the Working Group on Informatics devoted to the Year 2000 Issue, in New York today:

11 December 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6833
HQ/591

SECRETARY-GENERAL LAUDS PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN UNITED NATIONS AND NEW YORK, NOTING SHARED CONCERNS AND ASPIRATIONS IN ERA OF GLOBALIZATION

19981211 Conference on City Economy Is Told of Mutual Self-Interest; Local Traditions Harmonize with Goals of World Organization in Many Areas

This is the text of an address by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at New York University today to the fourth annual conference on the New York City Economy:

10 December 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6832
HR/4400

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS MUSIC OF PAVAROTTI AND MARSALIS SHOULD INSPIRE ALL TO DO MORE FOR THOSE WHOSE HUMAN RIGHTS HAVE YET TO BE FULFILLED

19981210 CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY Following is the text of remarks made this evening by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the occasion of a recital by Luciano Pavarotti and Wynton Marsalis marking the fiftieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights:

10 December 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6831
HR/4399

THROUGH WEBSITE LAUNCH, UNIVERSAL DECLARATION HAS BEEN GIVEN MEANS TO TRAVEL ANY DISTANCE AT LIGHT SPEED, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

19981210 CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY Following is the text of remarks made this evening by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the occasion of the launch of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights Website:

10 December 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6830
HR/4397

WONDERFUL THING ABOUT CHILDREN IS THEIR VIEW OF RIGHTS OF ALL PEOPLE TO LIVE IN FREEDOM, PEACE 'AS SOMETHING OBVIOUS', SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

19981210 CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY 'I Want You To Keep Believing That', Kofi Annan Stresses During Presentation of Children's Universal Declaration of Human Rights Passport

10 December 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6829
PI/1104

POISON OF IGNORANCE LIES AT HEART OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS, SECRETARY-GENERAL STATES AT OPENING OF DPI EXHIBIT

19981210 CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY Kofi Annan Stresses Importance of Human Rights Education

10 December 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6828
HR/4394

IN MESSAGE TO 'HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS' AT PARIS CEREMONY, SECRETARY-GENERAL HONOURS FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF UNIVERSAL DECLARATION

19981210 CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY Video Address to Palais de Chaillot, Site of 1948 Signing, Pays Tribute to 'Living Document' Foreseen by Eleanor Roosevelt and René Cassin

10 December 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6827
HR/4393

WITHOUT HUMAN RIGHTS, NO PEACE OR PROSPERITY CAN ENDURE, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS ASSEMBLY COMMEMORATION

19981210 CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY Anniversary of Universal Declaration Said To Mark Half Century Of Human Hope at End of Century of Human Loss, but Long Journey Ahead

9 December 1998

Press Release
SG/T/2163

SECRETARY-GENERAL RETURNING TO NEW YORK AFTER DAY OF EVENTS IN PARIS, FOLLOWING VISITS TO NORTH AFRICA AND UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

19981209 Address to French National Assembly; Human Rights Meeting at UNESCO; Press Conference with Prime Minister; Speech at Amnesty Petition Ceremony

(Received from a spokesman travelling with the Secretary-General.)