Secretary-General

18 June 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6602
WOM/1052

SECRETARY-GENERAL HOPES FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION 'WILL BE BUT A MEMORY', PROMISES TO ENSURE ISSUE REMAINS ON INTERNATIONAL AGENDA

19980618 Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's statement at the opening of the meeting on "Culture, Education and Female Circumcision", delivered on his behalf by his Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women, Angela King, on Monday, 15 June:

18 June 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6601

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS JEAN-PIERRE RITTER, OF SWITZERLAND, AS NEW THIRD MEMBER OF COMMITTEE ON MISSING PERSONS IN CYPRUS

19980618 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan:

16 June 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6600
OBV/48

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR EFFORTS TO BREAK CYCLE OF POVERTY, LAND DEGRADATION IN MESSAGE ON DAY TO COMBAT DESERTIFICATION

19980616 ADVANCE RELEASE Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's message on the occasion of the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought, 17 June:

16 June 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6599
AFR/74

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES RELEASE OF POLITICAL PRISONERS IN NIGERIA

19980616 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan:

15 June 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6598

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS LESSONS LEARNED IN BOSNIA MUST BE APPLIED EMPHATICALLY WHERE HORROR THREATENS

19980615 Expressions of Determination To Never Permit Another Bosnia "Will Be Cruelly Mocked If We Allow Kosovo To Become Another Killing-Field"

15 June 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6597
L/2871

UN SECRETARY-GENERAL DECLARES OVERRIDING INTEREST OF INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT CONFERENCE MUST BE THAT OF VICTIMS AND WORLD COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE

19980615 Opening Five-Week Rome Meeting, He Says Court Must Be Instrument Of Justice, Not Expediency; It Must Save Lives, Serve as Bulwark against Evil

(Reissued as received.)

12 June 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6596
AFR/73

SECRETARY-GENERAL, REFERRING TO UPCOMING ARUSHA TALKS ON BURUNDI, URGES ALL PARTIES TO ACT IN SPIRIT OF RECONCILIATION

19980612 The following was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

On Monday, 15 June, in Arusha, United Republic of Tanzania, the Burundi parties will start talks under the guidance of Mwalimu Julius Nyerere.

11 June 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6595

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS COMICS CAN EDUCATE EVEN AS THEY ENTERTAIN

19980611 Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's statement delivered today at the ceremony announcing the release of a mine-awareness comic book for the children of Costa Rica, Honduras and Nicaragua:

We are here to celebrate the publication of a comic book. But our subject is no laughing matter.

11 June 1998

Press Release
SG/A/682
BIO/3166

10 June 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6594
GA/9424

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS CONCLUSION OF ASSEMBLY SPECIAL SESSION MARKS NEW CHAPTER IN GLOBAL DRUG CONTROL

19980610 Following is the text of the statement delivered by Pino Arlacchi, Executive Director of the United Nations International Drug Control Programme (UNDCP), on behalf of Secretary-General Kofi Annan, at the closing tonight of the twentieth special session of the General Assembly devoted to countering the world drug problem together: