Secretary-General: Press Release


SG/SM/6249
6 June 1997


Press Release
SG/SM/6249


IN REMARKS AT KENNEDY LIBRARY, KOFI ANNAN RECALLS PRESIDENT'S WORDS IN INAUGURAL ADDRESS -- TO UN 'WE RENEW OUR PLEDGE OF SUPPORT'

19970606 Secretary-General Stresses 'Our Enemy Is Indifference', Belief That There Are Many Worlds 'And That Only One We Need To Care about Is Our Own'

Following are remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the John Fitzgerald Kennedy Library, in Boston, Massachusetts, today:

SG/SM/6248
6 June 1997


Press Release
SG/SM/6248


SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER REPORTED VIOLENT INCIDENTS IN EAST TIMOR

19970606 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General has been following with concern the reports of the recent violent incidents in East Timor which have resulted in the loss of life and are causing considerable human suffering.