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SG/SM/6450
30 January 1998


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SG/SM/6450


HUMAN RIGHTS COMMON LANGUAGE OF HUMANITY, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN MESSAGE LAUNCHING SEASON OF NON-VIOLENCE

19980130 Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's message, delivered today by the Assistant Secretary-General for External Relations, Gillian Martin Sorensen, at the launching of "a season of non-violence":

SG/SM/6447
27 January 1998


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SG/SM/6447
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SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES NOMINATION OF GRO HARLEM BRUNDTLAND AS NEXT DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION

19980127 The following was issued by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General welcomes the nomination of Dr. Gro Harlem Brundtland as the next Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO).

SG/SM/6445
26 January 1998


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SG/SM/6445


SECRETARY-GENERAL DEPLORES ATTEMPTS TO DIVIDE HUMAN BEINGS ON RELIGIOUS AND ETHNIC GROUNDS

19980126 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General has learned with outrage of the news of a bomb attack on a major Buddhist shrine in Kandy, Sri Lanka, on 25 January, and the resulting loss of life and destruction.