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SG/2046
12 August 1998


Press Release
SG/2046


PANEL OF EMINENT PERSONALITIES CONCLUDES VISIT TO ALGERIA

19980812 The following press communiqué was issued by the Office of the Spokesman for the Secretary-General:

SG/SM/6671
11 August 1998


Press Release
SG/SM/6671


SECRETARY-GENERAL, STRESSING COMMITMENT TO PROTECT OCEANS, SAYS MISSION OF PREVENTING DAMAGE 'TO OUR ONE AND ONLY EARTH' MUST BE PRIORITY

19980811 In Statement in Lisbon to Independent Commission on Oceans, Kofi Annan Praises Portugal's Efforts to Highlight Issue of Oceans Worldwide

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's statement to the Independent Commission on the Oceans, in Lisbon, today:

SG/T/2147
10 August 1998


Press Release
SG/T/2147


SECRETARY-GENERAL'S VISITS TO GUATEMALA AND MEXICO, 20-23 JULY

19980810 (Received from the Spokesman travelling with the Secretary-General.)

The Secretary-General arrived in Guatemala City, Guatemala, in the afternoon of Monday, 20 July. That evening he met with President Alvaro Arzu Irigoyen of Guatemala at the Presidential Palace. Among other things, they reviewed the process of implementation of the Guatemala peace accords.

SG/SM/6670
10 August 1998


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SG/SM/6670
SOC/4464


'A SOCIETY THAT CUTS ITSELF OFF FROM ITS YOUTH SEVERS ITS LIFELINE', SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS MINISTERS FOR YOUTH WORLD CONFERENCE

19980810 CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's statement to the opening of the World Conference of Ministers Responsible for Youth, in Lisbon, on 8 August:

SG/SM/6669
7 August 1998


Press Release
SG/SM/6669
SOC/4460


'ACT ON YOUR IDEALS' SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES YOUNG PEOPLE AT WORLD YOUTH FORUM

19980807 Problems without Passports Need Blueprints without Borders

Following is the text of the statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan delivered today at the Third World Youth Forum of the United Nations System, in Braga, Portugal: