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SG/T/2117

SECRETARY-GENERAL'S ACTIVITIES IN FRANCE AND IRAQ 19-23 FEBRUARY

6 March 1998


Press Release
SG/T/2117


SECRETARY-GENERAL'S ACTIVITIES IN FRANCE AND IRAQ 19-23 FEBRUARY

19980306 (Received from the Office of the Spokesman for the Secretary-General.)

Secretary-General Kofi Annan departed New York for Iraq on Thursday, 19 February, on a mission to try to reach agreement with the Iraqi Government on a diplomatic solution to the weapons inspections stand-off.

SG/SM/6477

SECRETARY-GENERAL OUTRAGED BY NEWS OF BOMB BLAST IN COLOMBO

5 March 1998


Press Release
SG/SM/6477


SECRETARY-GENERAL OUTRAGED BY NEWS OF BOMB BLAST IN COLOMBO

19980305 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General is outraged by the news of a bomb blast today in the Sri Lankan capital, Colombo, which has killed and injured a large number of civilians, including children.

SG/SM/6476/Rev.1*

WOMEN'S RIGHTS ARE RESPONSIBILITY OF HUMANKIND, AND ACHIEVING EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN IS 'ADVANCEMENT OF ALL HUMANKIND', SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

3 March 1998


Press Release
SG/SM/6476/Rev.1*
WOM/1033/Rev.1*


WOMEN'S RIGHTS ARE RESPONSIBILITY OF HUMANKIND, AND ACHIEVING EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN IS 'ADVANCEMENT OF ALL HUMANKIND', SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

19980303 In Message for International Women's Day (8 March), Kofi Annan Calls For Urgent Action To Address Violence against Women, Women and Armed Conflict

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the occasion of International Women's Day, 8 March:

SG/SM/6476

WOMEN'S RIGHTS ARE RESPONSIBILITY OF HUMANKIND, AND ACHIEVING EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN IS 'ADVANCEMENT OF ALL HUMANKIND', SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

3 March 1998


Press Release
SG/SM/6476
WOM/1033


WOMEN'S RIGHTS ARE RESPONSIBILITY OF HUMANKIND, AND ACHIEVING EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN IS 'ADVANCEMENT OF ALL HUMANKIND', SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

19980303 In Message for International Women's Day (8 March), Kofi Annan Calls For Urgent Action To Address Violence against Women, Women and Armed Conflict

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the occasion of International Women's Day, 8 March:

SG/SM/6474

UNITED NATIONS CANNOT ACHIEVE GOALS WITHOUT 'RICH TAPESTRY' OF PARTNERSHIP, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN ADDRESS TO LIONS CLUBS

27 February 1998


Press Release
SG/SM/6474


UNITED NATIONS CANNOT ACHIEVE GOALS WITHOUT 'RICH TAPESTRY' OF PARTNERSHIP, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN ADDRESS TO LIONS CLUBS

19980227 Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan's address to the twentieth annual Lions Day with the United Nations, observed at Headquarters in New York on 27 February, delivered on his behalf by the Assistant Secretary-General for External Relations, Gillian Sorensen: