Secretary-General: Press Release

17 March 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6493
CA/13

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES SORROW OVER CRASH OF UN HELICOPTER IN GUATEMALA, KILLING FIVE STAFF, WOUNDING FOUR

19980317 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan:

17 March 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6492
HR/4356

HUMAN RIGHTS 'MUST BE PURSUED TO THE VERY END', SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS AT GENEVA FORUM

19980317 Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's statement delivered at the opening of the Forum on Mainstreaming Human Rights in the United Nations in Geneva on Monday, 16 March:

17 March 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6491
AFR/46

MALIAN EXPERIENCE POINTS TO VIRTUES OF PREVENTIVE DIPLOMACY AND CLOSE COORDINATION WITHIN UN SYSTEM, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

19980317 Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's statement delivered in Geneva today at the ceremony to launch the publication by the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) of the book A Peace of Timbuktu: Democratic Governance, Development and African Peacemaking:

17 March 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6489
DC/2598

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS PERSISTENCE OF CONFLICTS SINCE FALL OF BERLIN WALL NECESSITATES REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL DISARMAMENT MECHANISMS

19980317 Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's statement, delivered today at the thirtieth session of the Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters in Geneva:

17 March 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6488/Rev.1*

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN GENEVA, THANKS STAFF FOR SUPPORT

19980317 The following statement was made this morning by Secretary-General Kofi Annan upon arrival at the Palais des Nations, where he was met by a large gathering of the staff of the United Nations Office at Geneva:

Good morning my friends. This is a real homecoming.

17 March 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6488

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN GENEVA, THANKS STAFF FOR SUPPORT

19980317 The following statement was made this morning by Secretary-General Kofi Annan upon arrival at the Palais des Nations, where he was met by a large gathering of the staff of the United Nations Office at Geneva.

Bonjour mes amis. This is a real homecoming.

16 March 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6487/Rev.1*
HR/4355/Rev.1*

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS PREVENTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS MUST MARK TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY

19980316 Addressing Opening of Human Rights Commission's Session, Stresses Need to Uphold Universal Declaration on Human Rights

Following is the text of the statement today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the opening of the fifty-fourth session of the Commission on Human Rights in Geneva:

16 March 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6487
HR/4355

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS PREVENTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS MUST MARK TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY

19980316 Addressing Opening of Human Rights Commission's Session, Stresses Need to Uphold Universal Declaration on Human Rights

Following is the text of the statement today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the opening of the fifty-fourth session of the Commission on Human Rights in Geneva:

16 March 1998

Press Release
SG/A/676
BIO/3150

TOSHIYUKI NIWA OF JAPAN APPOINTED ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR CENTRAL SUPPORT SERVICES

19980316 Biographical Note Following is the text of a statement attributable to the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

13 March 1998

Press Release
SG/T/2118

SECRETARY-GENERAL'S VISIT TO WASHINGTON, D.C., 11-12 MARCH

19980313

The Secretary-General departed to Washington, D.C on the morning of Wednesday, 11 March. He and his party had an unscheduled 30-minute meeting on arrival at 10 a.m at the Ronald Reagan airport with the United States Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs, Princeton Lyman.