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SG/SM/6629
6 July 1998


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SG/SM/6629
ECOSOC/5762


SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR FULL USE OF UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM TO AID TRADE LIBERALIZATION

19980706 Addresses Opening Meeting of 1998 Substantive Session of Economic and Social Council

Following is the text of an address by Secretary-General Kofi Annan during today's opening meeting of the 1998 substantive session of the Economic an Social Council:

SG/SM/6628
2 July 1998


Press Release
SG/SM/6628


SECRETARY-GENERAL'S REPRESENTATIVE ON EAST TIMOR EXPRESSES CONCERN AT 'DEPLORABLE BREACH OF DIPLOMATIC CONFIDENTIALITY'

19980702 Protest to Foreign Minister of Indonesia at Publication of Discussion Papers Intended to Help Search for Internationally Acceptable Solution

The following statement was issued this evening by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

SG/SM/6627
2 July 1998


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SG/SM/6627


SECRETARY-GENERAL DENIES REPORTED UNITED NATIONS ROLE IN PEACE NEGOTIATIONS IN COLOMBIA

19980702 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan:

I wish to clarify that, contrary to press reports out of Bogota, Colombia, neither the Secretary-General nor any authorized official has proposed that the United Nations play a role in peace negotiations in that country.

SG/SM/6624
2 July 1998


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SG/SM/6624
OBV/52


SECRETARY-GENERAL'S MESSAGE FOR INTERNATIONAL DAY OF COOPERATIVES

19980702 The following message was issued today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the occasion of the International Day of Cooperatives, 4 July 1998:

SG/SM/6621
30 June 1998


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SG/SM/6621


SECRETARY-GENERAL HAILS AWARD OF TEMPLETON PRIZE TO SIR SIGMUND STERNBERG

19980630 This is the text of a message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan (delivered on his behalf by Assistant Secretary-General for External Relations, Gillian M. Sorensen) at a ceremony in New York on Friday (26 June) for the presentation of the Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion: