Meetings Coverage and Press Releases

Secretary-General: Press Release

SG/SM/6185

ALMOST NO COUNTRY IS SPARED THREAT OF INCREASING STRESS ON WATER RESOURCES, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS FIRST WORLD WATER FORUM

21 March 1997


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SG/SM/6185
ENV/DEV/404


ALMOST NO COUNTRY IS SPARED THREAT OF INCREASING STRESS ON WATER RESOURCES, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS FIRST WORLD WATER FORUM

19970321 ADVANCE TEXT Following is the statement of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to be delivered by the Under-Secretary-General for Development Support and Management Services, Jin Yongjian, to the First World Water Forum, in Marrakesh, Morroco, on 22 March:

SG/SM/6184

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY FREE OF RACISM, IN MESSAGE ON OCCASION OF INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION

20 March 1997


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SG/SM/6184
RD/875


SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY FREE OF RACISM, IN MESSAGE ON OCCASION OF INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION

19970320 Says Abuse of Internet to Promote Racism and Xenophobia 'Unprecedented Challenge' for International Community and Governments

SG/T/2089

ACTIVITIES OF SECRETARY-GENERAL IN PARIS AND THE HAGUE, 1 - 4 MARCH

14 March 1997


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SG/T/2089


ACTIVITIES OF SECRETARY-GENERAL IN PARIS AND THE HAGUE, 1 - 4 MARCH

19970314

On Saturday, 1 March, the Secretary-General met with Robert Hue, Secretary-General of the French Communist Party. They discussed United Nations reform, finances, Zaire, the Middle East and United Nations major conferences.

SG/SM/6181

SECRETARY-GENERAL SHOCKED BY KILLING OF ISR"LI SCHOOLGIRLS, STRESSES NEED FOR RENEWED CONFIDENCE IN PEACE PROCESS

13 March 1997


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SG/SM/6181


SECRETARY-GENERAL SHOCKED BY KILLING OF ISRAELI SCHOOLGIRLS, STRESSES NEED FOR RENEWED CONFIDENCE IN PEACE PROCESS

19970313 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General was shocked by the news that a Jordanian soldier fired upon a group of Israeli schoolgirls, killing seven and wounding several others.