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SG/SM/6153
31 January 1997


Press Release
SG/SM/6153


SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN ADDRESS TO WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM, STRESSES STRENGTHENED PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN UNITED NATIONS, PRIVATE SECTOR

19970131 ADVANCE RELEASE Says Market Capitalism Threatened `from within Itself'; Will Succeed Only by Promoting Both Prosperity and Justice

Following is the address of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on 1 February 1997:

SG/SM/6151
29 January 1997


Press Release
SG/SM/6151
DCF/284


WEAPONS DO NOT CAUSE WAR, BUT EXCESS OF ARMS BREEDS MISTRUST, HEIGHTENS TENSIONS AND LEADS TO CONFLICT, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS DISARMAMENT CONFERENCE

19970129 CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY No Institution Is Better Qualified To Translate Quest for Peace into Practical Measures, Kofi Annan Says

This is the text of the statement to be delivered by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva, tomorrow, 30 January: