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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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SG/SM/6828
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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SG/SM/6824


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.

SG/SM/6821

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES DETERMINATION OF MEMBERS OF GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL TO SOLVE DISPUTES BY PEACEFUL MEANS, COMMENDS WISDOM OF OPTING FOR DIALOGUE

7 December 1998


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SG/SM/6821


SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES DETERMINATION OF MEMBERS OF GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL TO SOLVE DISPUTES BY PEACEFUL MEANS, COMMENDS WISDOM OF OPTING FOR DIALOGUE

19981207 'Let Us Work Together for Peace', Kofi Annan Tells Summit Meeting of Gulf Cooperation Council

Following is the text of the statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the nineteenth Summit Meeting of the Gulf Cooperation Council, in Abu Dhabi on 7 November: