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SG/SM/6253

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES 1997 LAUREATES AT UN POPULATION AWARD CEREMONY

10 June 1997


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SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES 1997 LAUREATES AT UN POPULATION AWARD CEREMONY

19970610 CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY Elizabeth Aguirre de Calderon Sol from El Salvador, Toshio Kuroda from Japan, Mechai Viravaidya from Thailand Winners of 1997 Award

Following is the statement of Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the 1997 United Nations Population Award Ceremony, at Headquarters today:

SG/SM/6252

SECRETARY-GENERAL ASKS DISARMAMENT BOARD TO EXPLORE SECURITY CHALLENGES OF TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY, RE-EVALUATE UNITED NATIONS ROLE

10 June 1997


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SECRETARY-GENERAL ASKS DISARMAMENT BOARD TO EXPLORE SECURITY CHALLENGES OF TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY, RE-EVALUATE UNITED NATIONS ROLE

19970610 ADVANCE TEXT

Following is the statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters at Headquarters today:

It is a great pleasure for me to welcome you to New York for this twenty-ninth session of the Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters.

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'

6 June 1997


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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

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

6 June 1997


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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.