Statements and Messages


SG/SM/6502
24 March 1998


Press Release
SG/SM/6502
SAG/4


SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY HAS GREAT DEMOCRATIZING POWER WAITING TO BE HARNESSED TO GLOBAL STRUGGLE FOR PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT

19980324 Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's message, delivered yesterday by the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, Vladimir Petrovsky, at the World Telecommunication Development Conference, in Valletta, Malta:

SG/SM/6499
23 March 1998


Press Release
SG/SM/6499


SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES IMPORTANCE OF GOOD GOVERNANCE, IN REMARKS TO YOUTH IN BEIRUT

19980323 Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's remarks to youth and students at Beirut on 21 March:

Thank you all for being here. I am delighted to see so many young faces here before me today. Wherever I go as Secretary-General, I find one of the most rewarding kind of encounters to be those with young people like yourselves.

SG/SM/6495
21 March 1998


Press Release
SG/SM/6495
OBV/39


VICTORY OVER APARTHEID NO EXCUSE FOR COMPLACENCY IN EFFORTS TO ELIMINATE RACIAL DISCRIMINATION, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

19980321 ADVANCE RELEASE Message on International Day for Elimination of Discrimination Stresses Government's Role in Building Tolerant, Equal Societies

Following is the text of a message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, 21 March:

SG/SM/6497
20 March 1998


Press Release
SG/SM/6497


SECRETARY-GENERAL, INAUGURATING UN HOUSE IN BEIRUT, STRESSES ENDURING AND UNSEVERABLE LINK BETWEEN UNITED NATIONS AND MIDDLE EAST

19980320 Kofi Annan Says Unforeseen Difficulties in Peace Process Are Not Excuse for 'Abandoning Our Vision', Calls for Redoubled Efforts towards Peace

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's statement at the inauguration of the United Nations House, in Beirut today: