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SG/SM/6430
31 December 1997


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SG/SM/6430
OBV/36


MEETING GOALS OF BIODIVERSITY CONVENTION IS NOT MISSION IMPOSSIBLE, BUT 'MISSION IMPOSSIBLE TO IGNORE'

19971231 Says Secretary-General in Message On Occasion of International Day for Biological Diversity

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the occasion of the International Day for Biological Diversity, 29 December:

SG/SM/6427
18 December 1997


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SG/SM/6427


SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES IMPORTANCE OF UNITED NATIONS RELATIONSHIP WITH ORGANIZATION FOR SECURITY AND COOPERATION IN EUROPE

19971218 Addresses Sixth Meeting of OSCE Ministerial Council

Following is the text of a message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Sixth Meeting of the Ministerial Council of the OrganiZation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), meeting at Copenhagen on 18 and 19 December:

SG/SM/6425
16 December 1997


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SG/SM/6425


SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR STRENGTHENED MULTILATERALISM TO ANSWER THOSE WHO SAY 'CLASH OF CIVILIZATIONS' IS INEVITABLE

19971216 Addressing Institute for Diplomacy and Foreign Relations in Kuala Lumpur, Kofi Annan Praises Malaysia as Voice of 'an Outward-Looking Country'

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's address to the Institute for Diplomacy and Foreign Relations, in Kuala Lumpur today:

SG/SM/6424
15 December 1997


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SG/SM/6424


GREECE AND FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA MEET

19971215 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan:

SG/SM/6423
15 December 1997


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SG/SM/6423
AFR/34


ECOWAS SUMMIT DEMONSTRATES WEST AFRICAN STATES' DETERMINATION TO ADDRESS SUBREGION'S CHALLENGES, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN MESSAGE

19971215 Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's message, to be delivered by his Special Envoy to Sierra Leone, Francis Okelo, at the extraordinary summit of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to be held in Lome, from 16 to 17 December:

SG/SM/6422
12 December 1997


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SG/SM/6422


SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES PROFOUND SHOCK AT 'SAVAGERY' OF ATTACK AT MUDENDE CAMP IN NORTH-WESTERN RWANDA

19971212 Massacre Described as 'Brutal Reminder' of 1994 Genocide; Respect for Security of Vulnerable, Defenceless Refugees Demanded

This statement was issued today by the Associate Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan: