Statements and Messages

3 May 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/6979
PI/1130

SECRETARY-GENERAL SALUTES COURAGE AND COMMITMENT TO TRUTH OF JOURNALISTS EVERYWHERE, SO FREEDOM MAY FLOURISH IN EVERY COUNTRY

19990503 In Video-Message on Occasion of World Press Freedom Day, Kofi Annan Stresses 'Press Freedom is a Cornerstone of Human Rights'

Following is the text of the video-message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the occasion of the observance of World Press Freedom Day, in New York today:

30 April 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/6978
PI/1128

FREEDOM OF SPEECH IS RIGHT TO FOUGHT FOR, NOT BLESSING TO BE WISHED FOR, JOINT MESSAGE STATES ON OCCASION OF WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY

19990430 Secretary-General Kofi Annan, UNESCO Director-General, High Commissioner for Human Rights Issue Joint Appeal for Safety of Journalists

30 April 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/6977

'OUR DIFFERENCES CAN AND MUST BE OUTWEIGHED BY OUR COMMON HUMANITY', STRESSES SECRETARY-GENERAL IN COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS TO UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

19990430 Kofi Annan Says International Norm against Repression of Minorities That Will Take Precedence over Concerns of State Sovereignty Is Emerging

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's commencement address to the University of Michigan, in Ann Arbour on 1 May:

30 April 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/6976

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS COUP D'ÉTAT IN COMOROS

19990430 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General condemns the coup d'état in the Islamic Federal Republic of the Comoros which overthrew the constitutional Government.

30 April 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/6975

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES FORMAL ADMISSION OF CAMBODIA TO ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH-EAST ASIAN NATIONS

19990430 The following statement was issued today by the Office of the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

29 April 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/6974
ICJ/570

29 April 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/6973

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS PARTNERSHIP OF NGOS, PRIVATE SECTOR, INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND GOVERNMENTS POWERFUL PARTNERSHIP FOR FUTURE

19990429 Following is the text of remarks made today in Berlin by Secretary- General Kofi Annan at the non-governmental organization (NGO) 'Forum on Global Issues':

28 April 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/6972*

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS HUMAN COST OF VIOLENCE IN FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA UNACCEPTABLY HIGH

19990428 Kofi Annan Says Each Day's Delay in Search for Political Solution Means More Deaths, More Displacement and More Destruction

The following statement was issued today in Berlin by Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

27 April 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/6971

26 April 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/6970/Rev.1

ADDRESSING `EUROPE'S WORLD ROLE IN 21ST CENTURY', IN BERLIN, SECRETARY-GENERAL CHALLENGES CONCEPT OF `UNIPOLAR WORLD'

19990426 There May Be Only One Super-Power, but It Needs Allies and Supporters in Order to Achieve Its Goals, Kofi Annan States