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SG/SM/6151
29 January 1997


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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:

SG/SM/6149
24 January 1997


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SG/SM/6149


SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES NEED FOR PARTNERSHIP, BUILDING CONSENSUS FOR UN REFORM TO SUCCEED, IN ADDRESS TO NATIONAL PRESS CLUB

19970124 Kofi Annan Says 'We Are Not Some Remote Foreign Body, UN Is Part of Your Daily Life'; Emphasizes that Time for Reform Is Now

This is the text of the statement delivered today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the National Press Club, in Washington, D.C.:

SG/T/2081
23 January 1997


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SG/T/2081


SECRETARY-GENERAL DISCUSSES UN REFORM IN FIRST OFFICIAL VISIT TO WASHINGTON, D.C.

19970123

WASHINGTON, D.C., 22-23 January -- Upon arrival in Washington, D.C., yesterday, 22 January, Secretary-General Kofi Annan and his party travelled directly to the Capitol building, where they were received by Congressman Benjamin Gilman (Republican-New York).

SG/SM/6148
20 January 1997


Press Release
SG/SM/6148


DEVELOPMENT WILL REMAIN PRIORITY OF REFORMED, RESTRUCTURED UNITED NATIONS, SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES IN STATEMENT TO 'GROUP OF 77'

19970120

Following is the statement made today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the occasion of the ceremonial take-over by the United Republic of Tanzania from Costa Rica of the Chairmanship of the "Group of 77" developing countries and China: