Meetings Coverage and Press Releases

Statements and Messages

SG/SM/6445

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEPLORES ATTEMPTS TO DIVIDE HUMAN BEINGS ON RELIGIOUS AND ETHNIC GROUNDS

26 January 1998


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SG/SM/6445


SECRETARY-GENERAL DEPLORES ATTEMPTS TO DIVIDE HUMAN BEINGS ON RELIGIOUS AND ETHNIC GROUNDS

19980126 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General has learned with outrage of the news of a bomb attack on a major Buddhist shrine in Kandy, Sri Lanka, on 25 January, and the resulting loss of life and destruction.

SG/SM/6444

SECRETARY-GENERAL TO DEPART ON ONE-WEEK EUROPEAN TRIP 26 JANUARY

23 January 1998


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SG/SM/6444


SECRETARY-GENERAL TO DEPART ON ONE-WEEK EUROPEAN TRIP 26 JANUARY

19980123 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan:

On Monday, 26 January, the Secretary-General will be departing on a trip to Paris, London and Davos, Switzerland.

SG/SM/6443

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES UNITED NATIONS ESSENTIAL ROLE AND PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY IN DISARMAMENT FIELD

20 January 1998


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SG/SM/6443
DCF/318


SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES UNITED NATIONS ESSENTIAL ROLE AND PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY IN DISARMAMENT FIELD

19980120

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the occasion of the opening today of the 1998 session of the Conference on Disarmament, which was delivered on his behalf by Vladimir Petrovsky, his Personal Representative and Secretary-General of the Conference:

SG/SM/6441

NOBODY SPOKE MORE CLEARLY, MORE CONSISTENTLY, MORE CONVINCINGLY OF IDEALS OF PEACE, DIGNITY AND JUSTICE THAN MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.

19 January 1998


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SG/SM/6441


NOBODY SPOKE MORE CLEARLY, MORE CONSISTENTLY, MORE CONVINCINGLY OF IDEALS OF PEACE, DIGNITY AND JUSTICE THAN MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.

19980119 Secretary-General Kofi Annan States, on Occasion Of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, in Event at Brooklyn Academy of Music

Following is the statement of Secretary-General Kofi Annan delivered at the Brooklyn Academy of Music on the occasion of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, 19 January:

SG/SM/6438

SECRETARY-GENERAL PAYS TRIBUTE TO UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL YASUSHI AKASHI, AS HE COMPLETES 'LONG AND DISTINGUISHED' CAREER WITH UNITED NATIONS

13 January 1998


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SG/SM/6438


SECRETARY-GENERAL PAYS TRIBUTE TO UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL YASUSHI AKASHI, AS HE COMPLETES 'LONG AND DISTINGUISHED' CAREER WITH UNITED NATIONS

19980113 Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's statement issued today, paying tribute to Under-Secretary-General Yasushi Akashi as he completes his career with the United Nations: