Statements and Messages

9 January 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6432

SECRETARY-GENERAL TO VISIT MIDDLE EAST IN FEBRUARY

19980109 Following is the text of a statement attributable to a spokesman for the Secretary-General:

7 January 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6431
AFG/76

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEPLORES TALIBAN ATTACKS ON BAMIYAN AIRFIELD, STOPPING EMERGENCY FOOD DELIVERY, ENDANGERING WORKERS

19980107 Following is a statement attributable to the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan:

31 December 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6430
OBV/36

MEETING GOALS OF BIODIVERSITY CONVENTION IS NOT MISSION IMPOSSIBLE, BUT 'MISSION IMPOSSIBLE TO IGNORE'

19971231 Says Secretary-General in Message On Occasion of International Day for Biological Diversity

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the occasion of the International Day for Biological Diversity, 29 December:

24 December 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6429

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRONGLY CONDEMNS MASSACRE IN CHIAPAS, MEXICO

19971224 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for the Secretary-General:

19 December 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6428
ORG/1258

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES ADOPTION OF SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION ON PROPOSED REFORMS OF UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION

19971219 Noting Establishment of Deputy Secretary-General Post, Expresses Hope that, after Consultations, `She will Join Us Early in New Year'

18 December 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6427

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES IMPORTANCE OF UNITED NATIONS RELATIONSHIP WITH ORGANIZATION FOR SECURITY AND COOPERATION IN EUROPE

19971218 Addresses Sixth Meeting of OSCE Ministerial Council

Following is the text of a message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Sixth Meeting of the Ministerial Council of the OrganiZation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), meeting at Copenhagen on 18 and 19 December:

17 December 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6426

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES AGREEMENT BETWEEN BANGLADESH GOVERNMENT AND PCJSS, TRIBAL PEOPLES ORGANIZATION

19971217 Following is the text of a statement attributable to the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

16 December 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6425

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR STRENGTHENED MULTILATERALISM TO ANSWER THOSE WHO SAY 'CLASH OF CIVILIZATIONS' IS INEVITABLE

19971216 Addressing Institute for Diplomacy and Foreign Relations in Kuala Lumpur, Kofi Annan Praises Malaysia as Voice of 'an Outward-Looking Country'

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's address to the Institute for Diplomacy and Foreign Relations, in Kuala Lumpur today:

15 December 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6424

GREECE AND FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA MEET

19971215 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan:

15 December 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6423
AFR/34

ECOWAS SUMMIT DEMONSTRATES WEST AFRICAN STATES' DETERMINATION TO ADDRESS SUBREGION'S CHALLENGES, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN MESSAGE

19971215 Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's message, to be delivered by his Special Envoy to Sierra Leone, Francis Okelo, at the extraordinary summit of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to be held in Lome, from 16 to 17 December: