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SG/SM/6638

SECRETARY-GENERAL DESCRIBES EMERGING ERA IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS WITH GROWING ROLE FOR CIVIL SOCIETY ALONGSIDE ESTABLISHED INSTITUTIONS

14 July 1998


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SECRETARY-GENERAL DESCRIBES EMERGING ERA IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS WITH GROWING ROLE FOR CIVIL SOCIETY ALONGSIDE ESTABLISHED INSTITUTIONS

19980714

Statement in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Reviews Achievements Of Citizens' Groups in Wide Range of International Activities

This is the text of a statement to the parliamentary group Parlatino in Sao Paulo, Brazil, today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on "The Emerging Power of Civil Society":

SG/SM/6637

SECRETARY-GENERAL COMMENDS BRAZIL FOR ITS LOYAL SUPPORT OF UNITED NATIONS, RESOLVE TO MEET DOMESTIC CHALLENGES

13 July 1998


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SECRETARY-GENERAL COMMENDS BRAZIL FOR ITS LOYAL SUPPORT OF UNITED NATIONS, RESOLVE TO MEET DOMESTIC CHALLENGES

19980713 `Culture of Peace' Statement in Brasilia also Notes Fine Comportment in World Cup -- `Elevating Football to a Thing of Beauty'

This is the text of a statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan today at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in Brasilia, Brazil, on "The Culture of Peace":

SG/T/2144

SECRETARY-GENERAL'S VISITS TO NIGERIA, GHANA, UNITED KINGDOM 29 JUNE - 4 JULY

8 July 1998


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SECRETARY-GENERAL'S VISITS TO NIGERIA, GHANA, UNITED KINGDOM 29 JUNE - 4 JULY

19980708 (Delayed in transmission.)

On Monday, 29 June, the Secretary-General began a visit to Nigeria in an effort to facilitate the process of the country's return to civilian rule. In Abuja he was welcomed by Chief Tom Ikimi, the Nigerian Foreign Minister, who hosted a dinner in his honour.

SG/SM/6632

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES SHOCK AT NEWS OF DEATH IN ABUJA OF MOSHOOD ABIOLA

7 July 1998


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SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES SHOCK AT NEWS OF DEATH IN ABUJA OF MOSHOOD ABIOLA

19980707

Recalls Meeting with Chief Last Week; Calls on All Nigerians to Support Democratic Transition to Early Civilian Rule

The following statement was issued today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Nigerian Government has confirmed to me this afternoon the death in Abuja today of Moshood Abiola.

SG/T/2142

SECRETARY-GENERAL'S VISITS TO UNITED KINGDOM AND AUSTRIA

6 July 1998


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SECRETARY-GENERAL'S VISITS TO UNITED KINGDOM AND AUSTRIA

19980706

(Delayed in transmission.)

Secretary-General Kofi Annan left New York on Thursday, 25 June, for a European tour during which he spoke at the annual conference of a private foundation in Ditchley, England, and chaired a panel discussion on human rights in Vienna, Austria.

SG/SM/6631

SECRETARY-GENERAL TO VISIT FIVE COUNTRIES OF LATIN AMERICA

6 July 1998


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SG/T/2143


SECRETARY-GENERAL TO VISIT FIVE COUNTRIES OF LATIN AMERICA

19980706

This is the text of a statement today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan:

On Monday, 13 July, in Brasilia, Brazil, the Secretary-General of the United Nations begins a five-nation tour in Latin America that will also take him to Uruguay, Argentina, Guatemala and Mexico.