Secretary-General: Press Release

6 July 1998

Press Release
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:

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:

2 July 1998

Press Release
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.

2 July 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6626

SECRETARY-GENERAL ANNOUNCES DATE OF ENTRY INTO FORCE OF LANDMINES PROTOCOL TO CONVENTION ON CERTAIN CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS

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

2 July 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6625

SECRETARY-GENERAL'S REMARKS AT AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE ON OCCASION OF UNITED STATES INDEPENDENCE DAY

19980702 CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY This is the text of remarks to be delivered by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the American Ballet Theatre (ABT) in New York City on Saturday, 4 July:

2 July 1998

Press Release
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:

2 July 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6623

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS PANEL OF EMINENT PERSONS TO VISIT ALGERIA

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

30 June 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6622

TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI ANNAN AT THE VIENNA INTERNATIONAL CENTRE, 29 JUNE

19980630

FRED ECKHARD (Spokesman): First, the Secretary-General has a brief statement to make. Let me introduce the Secretary-General of the United Nations.

30 June 1998

Press Release
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:

30 June 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6620

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONCERNED BY EAST TIMOR VIOLENCE, URGES RESTRAINT, TOLERANCE AND PEACEFUL DISCOURSE

19980630 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan: