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SG/SM/6833

SECRETARY-GENERAL LAUDS PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN UNITED NATIONS AND NEW YORK, NOTING SHARED CONCERNS AND ASPIRATIONS IN ERA OF GLOBALIZATION

11 December 1998


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SECRETARY-GENERAL LAUDS PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN UNITED NATIONS AND NEW YORK, NOTING SHARED CONCERNS AND ASPIRATIONS IN ERA OF GLOBALIZATION

19981211 Conference on City Economy Is Told of Mutual Self-Interest; Local Traditions Harmonize with Goals of World Organization in Many Areas

This is the text of an address by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at New York University today to the fourth annual conference on the New York City Economy:

SG/SM/6832

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS MUSIC OF PAVAROTTI AND MARSALIS SHOULD INSPIRE ALL TO DO MORE FOR THOSE WHOSE HUMAN RIGHTS HAVE YET TO BE FULFILLED

10 December 1998


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SG/SM/6832
HR/4400


SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS MUSIC OF PAVAROTTI AND MARSALIS SHOULD INSPIRE ALL TO DO MORE FOR THOSE WHOSE HUMAN RIGHTS HAVE YET TO BE FULFILLED

19981210 CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY Following is the text of remarks made this evening by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the occasion of a recital by Luciano Pavarotti and Wynton Marsalis marking the fiftieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights:

SG/SM/6831

THROUGH WEBSITE LAUNCH, UNIVERSAL DECLARATION HAS BEEN GIVEN MEANS TO TRAVEL ANY DISTANCE AT LIGHT SPEED, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

10 December 1998


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SG/SM/6831
HR/4399


THROUGH WEBSITE LAUNCH, UNIVERSAL DECLARATION HAS BEEN GIVEN MEANS TO TRAVEL ANY DISTANCE AT LIGHT SPEED, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

19981210 CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY Following is the text of remarks made this evening by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the occasion of the launch of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights Website:

SG/SM/6830

WONDERFUL THING ABOUT CHILDREN IS THEIR VIEW OF RIGHTS OF ALL PEOPLE TO LIVE IN FREEDOM, PEACE 'AS SOMETHING OBVIOUS', SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

10 December 1998


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SG/SM/6830
HR/4397


WONDERFUL THING ABOUT CHILDREN IS THEIR VIEW OF RIGHTS OF ALL PEOPLE TO LIVE IN FREEDOM, PEACE 'AS SOMETHING OBVIOUS', SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

19981210 CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY 'I Want You To Keep Believing That', Kofi Annan Stresses During Presentation of Children's Universal Declaration of Human Rights Passport

SG/SM/6828

IN MESSAGE TO 'HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS' AT PARIS CEREMONY, SECRETARY-GENERAL HONOURS FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF UNIVERSAL DECLARATION

10 December 1998


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HR/4394


IN MESSAGE TO 'HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS' AT PARIS CEREMONY, SECRETARY-GENERAL HONOURS FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF UNIVERSAL DECLARATION

19981210 CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY Video Address to Palais de Chaillot, Site of 1948 Signing, Pays Tribute to 'Living Document' Foreseen by Eleanor Roosevelt and René Cassin

SG/SM/6824

SECRETARY-GENERAL, SHOCKED BY REPORTS OF HOSTAGE DECAPITATIONS IN CHECHNYA, CONTINUES EFFORTS TO OBTAIN RELEASE OF VINCENT COCHETEL

8 December 1998


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SECRETARY-GENERAL, SHOCKED BY REPORTS OF HOSTAGE DECAPITATIONS IN CHECHNYA, CONTINUES EFFORTS TO OBTAIN RELEASE OF VINCENT COCHETEL

19981208 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General was shocked to hear news reports that four foreign hostages were found decapitated in Chechnya, a region where kidnappings have become common.