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SG/SM/6999

IN ERA OF GLOBAL CHANGE, TIME TO BRING ABOUT 'AFRICA THAT AFRICANS DESERVE' SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL TO AFRICAN/AFRICAN-AMERICAN SUMMIT IN GHANA

19 May 1999


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SG/SM/6999
AFR/144


IN ERA OF GLOBAL CHANGE, TIME TO BRING ABOUT 'AFRICA THAT AFRICANS DESERVE' SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL TO AFRICAN/AFRICAN-AMERICAN SUMMIT IN GHANA

19990519 Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the fifth African/African-American Summit, delivered on his behalf by the Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Ibrahima Fall, in Accra, Ghana, on 19 May:

SG/SM/6998

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES CEASEFIRE AGREEMENT ON SIERRA LEONE

19 May 1999


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SG/SM/6998
AFR/143


SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES CEASEFIRE AGREEMENT ON SIERRA LEONE

19990519 The following statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan concerning the Sierra Leone ceasefire was issued today by his Spokesman:

SG/SM/6997

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS RENEWAL OF EFFECTIVENESS AND RELEVANCE OF SECURITY COUNCIL MUST BE CORNERSTONE OF EFFORTS TO PROMOTE INTERNATIONAL PEACE IN NEXT CENTURY

18 May 1999


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SG/SM/6997


SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS RENEWAL OF EFFECTIVENESS AND RELEVANCE OF SECURITY COUNCIL MUST BE CORNERSTONE OF EFFORTS TO PROMOTE INTERNATIONAL PEACE IN NEXT CENTURY

19990518 Following is the text of an address on "The Effectiveness of the International Rule of Law in Maintaining International Peace and Security", delivered today in The Hague by Secretary-General Kofi Annan, on the occasion of the centennial of the first International Peace Conference:

SG/SM/6996

SECRETARY GENERAL SAYS ARBITRATION MAY BE ONE OF DIPLOMACY'S BEST-KEPT SECRETS, CALLS FOR IT TO BE USED TO FULLEST

17 May 1999


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SG/SM/6996


SECRETARY GENERAL SAYS ARBITRATION MAY BE ONE OF DIPLOMACY'S BEST-KEPT SECRETS, CALLS FOR IT TO BE USED TO FULLEST

19990517 Following is the text of a statement made by Secretary-General Kofi Annan today in The Hague, on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Permanent Court of Arbitration:

I am honoured to be with you today to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the creation of the Permanent Court of Arbitration.

SG/SM/6992

SECRETARY-GENERAL ADDRESSES HIGH-LEVEL MEETING ON BALKANS

14 May 1999


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SG/SM/6992


SECRETARY-GENERAL ADDRESSES HIGH-LEVEL MEETING ON BALKANS

19990514 GENEVA, 14 May (UN Information Service) -- This is the prepared text of the opening statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the second part of the High-Level Meeting on the crisis in the Balkans, held at the Palais des Nations in Geneva today:

First, I would like to introduce my Special Envoys for the Balkans, Mr. Carl Bildt and Mr. Eduard Kukan.