Secretary-General

20 March 1998

Press Release
SG/T/2119

20 March 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6497

SECRETARY-GENERAL, INAUGURATING UN HOUSE IN BEIRUT, STRESSES ENDURING AND UNSEVERABLE LINK BETWEEN UNITED NATIONS AND MIDDLE EAST

19980320 Kofi Annan Says Unforeseen Difficulties in Peace Process Are Not Excuse for 'Abandoning Our Vision', Calls for Redoubled Efforts towards Peace

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's statement at the inauguration of the United Nations House, in Beirut today:

19 March 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6496
OBV/40

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR PREVENTION OF GROUNDWATER POLLUTION, IN MESSAGE FOR WORLD WATER DAY, 22 MARCH

19980319 Following is the text of a message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the occasion of World Water Day, 22 March:

18 March 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6494

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIES TO UN STAFF NOT PERMITTED UNDER REGULATIONS ADOPTED BY GENERAL ASSEMBLY

19980318 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan:

17 March 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6493
CA/13

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES SORROW OVER CRASH OF UN HELICOPTER IN GUATEMALA, KILLING FIVE STAFF, WOUNDING FOUR

19980317 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan:

17 March 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6492
HR/4356

HUMAN RIGHTS 'MUST BE PURSUED TO THE VERY END', SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS AT GENEVA FORUM

19980317 Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's statement delivered at the opening of the Forum on Mainstreaming Human Rights in the United Nations in Geneva on Monday, 16 March:

17 March 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6491
AFR/46

MALIAN EXPERIENCE POINTS TO VIRTUES OF PREVENTIVE DIPLOMACY AND CLOSE COORDINATION WITHIN UN SYSTEM, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

19980317 Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's statement delivered in Geneva today at the ceremony to launch the publication by the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) of the book A Peace of Timbuktu: Democratic Governance, Development and African Peacemaking:

17 March 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6489
DC/2598

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS PERSISTENCE OF CONFLICTS SINCE FALL OF BERLIN WALL NECESSITATES REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL DISARMAMENT MECHANISMS

19980317 Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's statement, delivered today at the thirtieth session of the Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters in Geneva:

17 March 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6488/Rev.1*

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN GENEVA, THANKS STAFF FOR SUPPORT

19980317 The following statement was made this morning by Secretary-General Kofi Annan upon arrival at the Palais des Nations, where he was met by a large gathering of the staff of the United Nations Office at Geneva:

Good morning my friends. This is a real homecoming.

17 March 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6488

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN GENEVA, THANKS STAFF FOR SUPPORT

19980317 The following statement was made this morning by Secretary-General Kofi Annan upon arrival at the Palais des Nations, where he was met by a large gathering of the staff of the United Nations Office at Geneva.

Bonjour mes amis. This is a real homecoming.