Secretary-General

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'

16 October 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6362
OBV/15

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES ACTION TO REDUCE GLOBAL HUNGER BY HALF BY 2015, IN WORLD FOOD DAY MESSAGE

19971016 ADVANCE TEXT Following is the text of a statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the occasion of World Food Day (16 October), to be delivered at a special ceremony at United Nations Headquarters on 21 October:

16 October 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6361

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONCERNED AT REPORTS OF INCREASED TENSION BETWEEN GREEK, TURKISH FORCES

19971016 Cites Military Exercises in Cyprus, Eastern Mediterranean; Calls on Parties to Create Climate for Reconciliation, Confidence

Following is a statement attributable to the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan:

15 October 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6360
OBV/14

SOME ENJOY UNIMAGINED WEALTH, OTHERS STILL ENDURE INTOLERABLE DEPRIVATION, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL, OBSERVING DAY FOR POVERTY ERADICATION

19971015 Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's message on the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, observed on 17 October 1997.

15 October 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6359

AS GUIDE TO FUTURE, HISTORY MUST BE SEEN THROUGH 'MORAL PRISM', SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL TO BENEFIT DINNER IN NEW YORK

19971015 Following is the text of the statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the fourth annual benefit dinner, hosted by Lehman Brothers, for the Facing History and Ourselves programme, delivered in New York on 14 October.

15 October 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6358

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPALLED BY BOMB ATTACK IN SRI LANKA

19971015 Following is the text of a statement attributable to the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General is appalled by the news of the bomb attack in Colombo, Sri Lanka, this morning and the resulting loss of life and destruction of property.

13 October 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6357
ORG/1251

SECRETARY-GENERAL SETS UP IRAQ PROGRAMME OFFICE TO CONSOLIDATE ACTIVITIES PURSUANT TO SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS

19971013 This statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan: