Statements and Messages

21 September 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6709

MUCH CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED IF INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY POOLS EFFORTS AND RESOURCES, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

19980921 Kofi Annan Gives Toast at Luncheon For Heads of State and Government Attending Assembly Session

Following is the text of a toast given by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at a luncheon for Heads of State and Government attending the fifty-third session of the General Assembly, in New York today:

21 September 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6708
IAEA/1325

NON-PROLIFERATION, NUCLEAR SAFETY VITAL IAEA TASKS, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS AGENCY'S GENERAL CONFERENCE

19980921 The following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's message to the 42nd regular session of the General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), delivered today on his behalf by Pino Arlacchi, Director-General, United Nations Office at Vienna:

21 September 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6707
GA/9445

CONNECTION BETWEEN PEACE AND ECONOMIC SECURITY MUST BE REDISCOVERED, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN ADDRESS TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY

19980921 Describes It As `Unifying Principle' upon Which Organization Founded, If Poor Lack Development,`Even Richest on This Planet Will Not Be Safe'

Following is the statement of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the General Assembly, as it began its general debate on 21 September:

18 September 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6706

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS CRISIS OF GLOBALIZATION OFFERS OPPORTUNITY TO APPROACH WORLDWIDE PROBLEMS IN GLOBAL SPIRIT

19980918 Industrialized Countries Must Shoulder Responsibilities, He Says at Close of High-Level General Assembly Dialogue on Globalization

The following is the text of the closing remarks made by Secretary- General Kofi Annan today to the General Assembly high-level dialogue on globalization:

18 September 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6705

18 September 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6704
AFG/85

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRONGLY CONDEMNS MURDERS OF NINE IRANIAN DIPLOMATS

19980918

The following statement was issued on 14 September by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

17 September 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6703

CRISES AND CONFLICTS PRODUCED BY HUMAN FOLLY AND HUMAN EVIL CAN BE SOLVED BY HUMAN WISDOM AND HUMAN EFFORT

19980917

Secretary-General Says While Discussing Politics of Globalization at Harvard University

The following is the text of an address by Secretary-General Kofi Annan delivered today at Harvard University:

16 September 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6702

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS RESTORING GLOBAL CULTURE OF KNOWLEDGE MUST BE UNITED NATIONS PRIORITY IN NEXT CENTURY

19980916 CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY Delivering First Eqbal Ahmad Lecture at Hampshire College, Kofi Annan Calls Attention to Crisis of Knowledge in Third World

Following is the text of the First Annual Eqbal Ahmad Lecture, which was delivered by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at Hampshire College, in Massachusetts, today:

16 September 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6701
OBV/57

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES CITIZENS TO BUY ONLY OZONE-FRIENDLY PRODUCTS

19980916

Following is the text of the address given by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the occasion of the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer, 16 September 1998:

16 September 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6700/Rev.1*

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS BASIC AFFINITY AMONG PEOPLES SHOULD PREVAIL OVER FORCES 'THAT WOULD TEAR US APART FOR NARROW GAINS'

19980916 Addressing Interfaith Celebration of Commitment to UN Work, Kofi Annan Notes General Assembly Resolutions Could Be Seen as 'a Form of Prayer'