Secretary-General

24 October 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6367
OBV/17

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN UN DAY MESSAGE, CALLS FOR RENEWAL OF FAITH 'IN OUR ONE AND ONLY' UNIVERSAL INSTRUMENT OF PROGRESS

19971024 ADVANCE RELEASE Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's message for United Nations Day, 24 October:

23 October 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6370

ORGANIZATION IS INVESTMENT IN "OUR COMMON FUTURE", SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN MESSAGE TO SECOND WORLDWIDE VIGIL FOR UNITED NATIONS

19971023 Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's message to be delivered this evening at the Second Worldwide Vigil for the United Nations by the Assistant Secretary-General for External Relations, Gillian Martin Sorensen:

22 October 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6369
GA/AB/3175

SECRETARY-GENERAL, PRESENTING FIRST BUDGET PROPOSAL, REAFFIRMS COMMITMENT TO TRANSFORM ORGANIZATION INTO DYNAMIC INSTRUMENT

19971022 Members Must Provide Assured Political and Financial Support

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's statement in presenting his 1998-1999 budget proposal to the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) this afternoon:

21 October 1997

Press Release
SG/T/2110

SECRETARY-GENERAL VISITS ASPEN, COLORADO AND CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 18 - 21 OCTOBER

19971021 (Received from the Spokesman travelling with the Secretary-General.)

Secretary-General Kofi Annan attended the Ninth Aspen Institute Communications Conference in Aspen, Colorado over the weekend of 18-19 October.

20 October 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6368

GUIDING PRINCIPLE OF UN REFORM IS TO DIRECT RESOURCES FOR COMMON GOOD SECRETARY-GENERAL INFORMS CHICAGO COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS

19971020 ADVANCE RELEASE

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's statement to be delivered this evening at the Chicago Council on Foreign Relations:

20 October 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6366

'IGNORANCE, NOT KNOWLEDGE, ... MAKES ENEMIES OF MAN', SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS COMMUNICATIONS CONFERENCE AT ASPEN INSTITUTE

19971020 Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's statement, delivered on Saturday, 18 October, to the Communications Conference at the Aspen Institute, Colorado:

20 October 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6365

SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS CHICAGO AUDIENCE UNITED NATIONS HAS KEY ROLE IN EVOLUTION OF GLOBAL TRADING SYSTEM

19971020 Speech Notes Technological Advances, Calls for More Investment In Poorer Countries, Pledges Continued Reform of World Organization

This is the text of a statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan today to the World Trade Centre in Chicago:

20 October 1997

Press Release
SG/2040

17 October 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6364

WELL-DEVELOPED TOURISM INDUSTRY CAN SERVE AS MAGNET TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT AND CREATE STABLE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN POOR COUNTRIES

19971017 Secretary-General Says in Message To Twelfth Assembly of World Tourism Organization in Istanbul

17 October 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6363

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY'S HANDS-ON APPROACH TO SITUATION IN ALBANIA IS MOST ENCOURAGING

19971017 In Message to Rome Ministerial Conference on Albania, Kofi Annan Says Albanians Are 'The Most Armed Citizens in Europe on a Per Capita Basis'