Secretary-General: Press Release

13 November 1998

Press Release
SG/T/2156

ACTIVITIES OF SECRETARY-GENERAL IN WESTERN SAHARA 8 - 9 NOVEMBER

19981113 (Received from a spokesman travelling with the Secretary-General.)

The Secretary-General travelled from Mauritania to Western Sahara in the afternoon of Sunday, 8 November. He was welcomed at the airport by the Moroccan Minister of the Interior, Driss Basri, and by senior officials of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO).

13 November 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6795

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS TEACHING TOLERANCE WILL BE PRIORITY FOR UNITED NATIONS OF NEXT CENTURY

19981113 Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's message on the occasion of the International Day for Tolerance, 16 November:

13 November 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6794
AFR/112

SECRETARY-GENERAL, SHOCKED BY REPORTS OF KILLINGS OF INNOCENT CIVILIANS IN BURUNDI, STRESSES IMPERATIVE OF RESPECT FOR HUMANITARIAN LAW

19981113 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan:

13 November 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6793

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES AGREEMENT IN CAMBODIA TO CONVENE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY AND ESTABLISH COALITION GOVERNMENT

19981113 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan:

12 November 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6792

SECRETARY-GENERAL PRAISES INSIGHTS OF WAR-TORN SOCIETIES PROJECT, AS PROJECT PRESENTS FINDINGS IN GENEVA

19981112 Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan read on his behalf by the Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Alvaro de Soto, to the War-torn Societies Project, which presented some of its findings at a meeting in Geneva on 11 November:

11 November 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6791
ENV/DEV/490

GLOBAL RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE HAS BEEN IMPRESSIVE, BUT IS STILL IN ITS INFANCY, SECRETARY-GENERAL STATES

19981111 'Many Challenges Lie Ahead', Kofi Annan Stresses in Message To Conference of Parties to Climate Change Convention in Buenos Aires

11 November 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6790
IK/255

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRONGLY URGES PRESIDENT HUSSEIN AND IRAQI GOVERNMENT TO RESUME IMMEDIATE COOPERATION WITH UNSCOM AND IAEA INSPECTORS

19981111 The following is a statement to the press by Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

I am saddened and burdened by the Iraqi decision of 5 August and 31 October not to cooperate with the United Nations Special Commission (UNSCOM).

10 November 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6789

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES DETERMINATION TO ENSURE THAT NEW PAGE CAN BE TURNED IN HISTORY OF WESTERN SAHARA

19981110 Addressing Saharan Chiefs in Laayoune, Kofi Annan Says 'My Message Is a Message of Hope and Resolution'

Following is the statement, translated from French, by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to Saharan Chiefs, in Laayoune, on 9 November:

9 November 1998

Press Release
SG/T/2155/Rev.1*

9 November 1998

Press Release
SG/T/2155