Secretary-General

10 June 1999

Press Release
SG/T/2184

ACTIVITIES OF SECRETARY-GENERAL IN WASHINGTON, D.C., ON 8 JUNE

19990610 The Secretary-General travelled to Washington, D.C., in the afternoon of Tuesday, 8 June, to address the Board of Directors of the United States Chamber of Commerce.

In his speech, the Secretary-General emphasized that the United Nations needs the world's businessmen and businesswomen as full partners "in our global mission of peace and development".

10 June 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/7023
SC/6687

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN COUNCIL MEETING ON KOSOVO, SAYS UN IS DETERMINED TO LEAD CIVILIAN IMPLEMENTATION OF PEACE EFFECTIVELY AND EFFICIENTLY

19990610 Kofi Annan Says Resolution Gives Strong Legal Underpinning to Task Ahead; 'But Let us Not Be Triumphalist, for that Task is Indeed Daunting'

Following is the text of the statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the Security Council resolution on Kosovo adopted today:

8 June 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/7022

SECRETARY-GENERAL, ADDRESSING UNITED STATES CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, HIGHLIGHTS FUNDAMENTAL SHIFT OF UNITED NATIONS ATTITUDE TOWARDS PRIVATE SECTOR

19990608 Kofi Annan Says Business Community and United Nations Are Engaged In 'Something Larger than Ourselves': Human Security in Broadest Sense

Following is the text of the address by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the United States Chamber of Commerce, in Washington, D.C., today:

8 June 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/7021
OBV/98

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM WILL NOT LAG BEHIND IN SEARCH FOR CONCRETE SOLUTIONS TO DESERTIFICATION AND DROUGHT

19990608

Following is the text of a message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan for the occasion of World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought, which will be observed on 17 June:

7 June 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/7020
AFR/147

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES DEEP CONCERN AT DETERIORATING HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN ANGOLA

19990607 The following statement was issued today by the Office of the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

7 June 1999

Press Release
SG/2054

4 June 1999

Press Release
SG/T/2183

SECRETARY-GENERAL'S ACTIVITIES IN ITALY 2-3 JUNE

19990604 At the invitation of His Holiness Pope John Paul II, the Secretary-General travelled to Rome to meet with the Pope, in order to assess the situation in the Balkans and the prospects for resolving the crisis and building peace in the region.

The Secretary-General travelled on Tuesday evening, 2 June.

4 June 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/7019
AFR/146

SECRETARY-GENERAL COMMENDS GOVERNMENT AND PEOPLE OF SOUTH AFRICA FOR EXEMPLARY MANNER IN WHICH SECOND DEMOCRATIC ELECTIONS CONDUCTED

19990604 The following statement was issued today by the Office of the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

4 June 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/7018

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES NEWS OF BREAKTHROUGH AGREEMENT REACHED YESTERDAY IN BELGRADE

19990604 Following is the text of a statement attributable to Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

I welcome the news of the breakthrough agreement reached in Belgrade yesterday. My warmest congratulations go to President Martti Ahtisaari and Special Envoy Victor Chernomyrdin on their achievement.

2 June 1999

Secretary-GeneralSG/T/2182

Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

SECRETARY-GENERAL VISITS SWEDEN AND DENMARK, 25 - 29 MAY