Statements and Messages

13 May 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6560

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEEPLY DISTURBED OVER TWO MORE NUCLEAR TESTS BY INDIA

19980513

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

13 May 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6559

AT CANNES FESTIVAL, SECRETARY-GENERAL EMPHASIZES ROLE OF CINEMA IN SERVICE OF FREEDOM

19980513

Following is the text of the statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan, delivered today at the Cannes Festival:

11 May 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6558
OBV/46

IF TOLERANCE, RESPECT AND EQUITY PERMEATE FAMILY LIFE, THEY WILL TRANSLATE INTO VALUES THAT SHAPE SOCIETIES AND NATIONS, SAYS SECRETARY GENERAL

19980511

Kofi Annan Stresses Role of Family in Turning Notion of Human Rights Into Reality, in Message on Occasion of International Day of Families,

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's message on the occasion of the International Day of Families, 15 May:

11 May 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6557
REF/1161

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES REGIONAL EFFORTS TO SOLVE PROBLEM OF FORCED DISPLACEMENT IN GREAT LAKES REGION

19980511

Following is the text of remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at a regional meeting on refugee issues in the Great Lakes Region, in Kampala, on 9 May:

11 May 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6556

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES DISTRESS AT MURDER OF DAUGHTER OF YEMEN'S DEPUTY PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE

19980511

Following is the text of a statement attributable to the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

11 May 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6555

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES REGRET OVER ANNOUNCEMENT THAT INDIA CONDUCTED THREE UNDERGROUND NUCLEAR TESTS

19980511

Following is a statement issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

7 May 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6553
AFR/57

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES SATISFACTION OVER PROGRESS IN IGAD-SPONSORED PEACE TALKS AMONG PARTIES TO CONFLICT IN SUDAN

19980507

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

6 May 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6552
AFR/56

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN 'MISSION OF HEALING' TO RWANDA, PLEDGES SUPPORT OF UNITED NATIONS FOR COUNTRY'S SEARCH FOR PEACE AND PROGRESS

19980506 CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY 'We Will Not Deny That, in Their Greatest Hour of Need, The World Failed the People of Rwanda', Kofi Annan Tells Parliament in Kigali

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's address to the Parliament of Rwanda, in Kigali on 7 May:

5 May 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6550

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES SADNESS AT DEATH OF VETERAN BROADCAST JOURNALIST, LOU CIOFFI

19980505 Following is the text of a statement attributable to the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

5 May 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6549

SECRETARY-GENERAL REGRETS THAT PAYMENT OF UNITED STATES ARREARS REMAINS UNCERTAIN OWING TO 'EXTRANEOUS MATTER'

19980505 Following is the text of a statement attributable to the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan, issued on 1 May: