SG/SM/6283
15 July 1997
The Secretary-General arrived in Geneva from Hong Kong on Wednesday evening, 2 July. Upon his arrival he met with the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, Vladimir Petrovsky. They discussed the impact of United Nations reform on Geneva, as well as matters before the Conference on Disarmament.
Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the occasion of the International Day of Cooperatives, which is observed on the first Saturday of July every year: