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SG/SM/6160
19 February 1997


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SG/SM/6160
GA/PAL/740


SECRETARY-GENERAL, OPENING 1997 SESSION OF PALESTINIAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE, STRESSES ITS PURSUIT OF JUST AND LASTING PEACE IN MIDDLE EAST

19970219 This is the text of the statement delivered today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the opening of the 1997 session of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People:

SG/SM/6155
5 February 1997


Press Release
SG/SM/6155
HE/945


SAFEGUARDING ENVIRONMENT TRANSCENDS DIVISIONS, COMPELS LONG-TERM COOPERATION, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO UNEP GOVERNING COUNCIL

19970205

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan, delivered on his behalf by Under-Secretary-General Nitin Desai, to the high-level segment of the nineteenth session of the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), which is meeting in Nairobi from 5 to 7 February:

SG/SM/6154
4 February 1997


Press Release
SG/SM/6154


SECRETARY-GENERAL'S STATEMENT ON MID-AIR COLLISION IN ISRAEL

19970204 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General learned with regret of the mid-air collision of two Israeli transport helicopters over northern Israel tonight, with loss of over 70 lives.

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: