Secretary-General

7 December 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6821

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES DETERMINATION OF MEMBERS OF GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL TO SOLVE DISPUTES BY PEACEFUL MEANS, COMMENDS WISDOM OF OPTING FOR DIALOGUE

19981207 'Let Us Work Together for Peace', Kofi Annan Tells Summit Meeting of Gulf Cooperation Council

Following is the text of the statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the nineteenth Summit Meeting of the Gulf Cooperation Council, in Abu Dhabi on 7 November:

7 December 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6820
AFR/120

SECRETARY-GENERAL, WELCOMING RELEASE OF 14 UN PEACEKEEPERS IN ANGOLA, CALLS ON ALL CONCERNED TO PROCEED WITH IMPLEMENTATION OF LUSAKA PROTOCOL

19981207

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

4 December 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6819

4 December 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6818
AFR/119

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS ON UNITA LEADERSHIP TO CLEAR WITHDRAWAL OF 14 PEACEKEEPERS DEPLOYED TO ITS STRONGHOLD OF ANDULO AND BAILUNDO

19981204 The following is a statement issued today attributable to the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

2 December 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6817

2 December 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6816

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES COOPERATION IN PREVENTION OF CONFLICT IN STATEMENT TO OSCE MINISTERIAL MEETING

19981202 Following is the statement of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Seventh Meeting of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Ministerial Council, delivered on his behalf by the Director-General of the United Nations Office in Geneva, Vladimir Petrovsky, in Oslo on 2 December:

1 December 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6815
HR/4390

HUMAN RIGHTS DAY 1998 IS TIME TO RENEW COMMITMENT TO GLOBALIZING JUSTICE IN AGE OF GLOBALIZATION, SECRETARY-GENERAL STATES

19981201 Kofi Annan, Beginning Declaration's Fiftieth Anniversary Year, Reaffirms Universality of Human Rights -- Foreign to No Culture, Native to All Nations

30 November 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6814
OBV/80

SLAVERY-LIKE PRACTICES REMAIN GRAVE, PERSISTENT GLOBAL PROBLEM, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE ON SLAVERY ABOLITION DAY

19981130 Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan's message on the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, which is observed annually on 2 December:

30 November 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6813

SECRETARY-GENERAL PRAISES VITAL CONTRIBUTION VOLUNTEERS MAKE TO HUMAN PROGRESS ON OCCASION OF INTERNATIONAL VOLUNTEER DAY, 5 DECEMBER

19981130 Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan's message on the occasion of International Volunteer Day, observed on 5 December:

30 November 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6812

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE TO WORLD BUDDHIST SUMMIT, NOTES BASIC AFFINITY BETWEEN TEACHINGS OF GREAT RELIGIONS AND VALUES OF UN CHARTER

19981130 Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan's message to the World Buddhist Summit -- being held in Lumbini, Nepal, on 1 and 2 December -- which was delivered on his behalf by Henning Karcher, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Resident Coordinator in Nepal: