Secretary-General


SG/SM/6304
19 August 1997


Press Release
SG/SM/6304


SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES UNITED STATES DECISION TO JOIN NEGOTIATIONS ON TREATY AGAINST ANTI-PERSONNEL LAND-MINES

19970819 Action Seen as Boost for Global Efforts, with Hope Of Agreement To Be Endorsed by Forthcoming Session of General Assembly

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

SG/T/2107
14 August 1997


Press Release
SG/T/2107


SECRETARY-GENERAL COMPLETES THREE-DAY VISIT TO FINLAND

19970814

HELSINKI, 14 August -- Secretary-General Kofi Annan and Mrs. Annan arrived in Helsinki, from Stockholm, Sweden, late on Thursday, 12 August, and attended a private dinner hosted by the President of Finland, Martti Ahtisaari.

SG/SM/6301
13 August 1997


Press Release
SG/SM/6301


SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS GLOBAL CONCERN FOR HUMAN RIGHTS MARKS CHANGED NATURE OF WORLD POLITICS IN POST-COLD WAR AGE

19970813 Audience in Finland Is Told of Current Efforts To Strengthen United Nations Activities To Implement Universal Declaration

This is the text of an address by Secretary-General Kofi Annan today to the Foreign Affairs Institute of the Paasiviki Association in Helsinki, Finland.