Statements and Messages

28 May 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6576

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPEALS TO INDIA AND PAKISTAN TO REDUCE TENSIONS IN REGION, ESPECIALLY IN KASHMIR

19980528 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan:

28 May 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6575

SECRETARY-GENERAL, DEPLORING INDIAN AND PAKISTANI NUCLEAR TESTS, URGES BOTH GOVERNMENTS TO SIGN COMPREHENSIVE TEST-BAN TREATY

19980528 Calls for No-First-Use Pledge, Freezing of Nuclear Weapons Development Programmes

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's statement issued today regarding Pakistan's nuclear tests:

26 May 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6574

SECRETARY-GENERAL, EMPHASIZING SYNERGY FOR EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT, UNDERSCORES ROLE OF CIVIL SOCIETY, NGO, BUSINESS COMMUNITY

19980526 Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's statement at the Synergos Institute's "University for a Night" programme, held at Headquarters today:

26 May 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6573

22 May 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6572

SECRETARY-GENERAL HOPES OUTCOME OF TODAY'S REFERENDUMS WILL HERALD NEW ERA OF PEACE, PROSPERITY FOR PEOPLE OF NORTHERN IRELAND

19980522 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan:

22 May 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6571
OBV/47

STRUGGLE FOR INDEPENDENCE, FOR SELF-RULE IS STRUGGLE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS, SECRETARY-GENERAL STATES

19980522 On Occasion of Week of Solidarity with Peoples of All Colonial Territories Fighting for Freedom, Independence and Human Rights

21 May 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6570

SECRETARY-GENERAL RELIEVED BY PEACEFUL TRANSITION IN INDONESIA

19980521 The following was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General is relieved that an orderly and peaceful transition is occurring in Indonesia.

He hopes that Indonesia will now be able to rebuild social peace, based on democratic principles and values, and revive its economy.

20 May 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6569

'THROUGH FAITH AND FORGIVENESS YOU MUST MAKE BOSNIA ONE AGAIN', SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS COUNTRY'S RELIGIOUS LEADERS

19980520 CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY In Remarks to Dialogue among Four Religious Leaders of Bosnia And Herzegovina, Kofi Annan Congratulates Them on 'Remarkable Act of Healing'

20 May 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6568
AFR/62

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRONGLY CONDEMNS ARMED ATTACK AGAINST UNITED NATIONS PERSONNEL IN ANGOLA

19980520 Following is the text of a statement attributable to the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General strongly condemns yesterday's armed attack against United Nations personnel in Angola, in which one local interpreter was killed and several people were wounded.

20 May 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6567

SECRETARY-GENERAL EMPHASIZES IMPORTANCE OF MANAGING MULTILATERALISM FOR PEACEFUL CHANGE

19980520 CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's address to the Columbia University Alumni Federation's centennial commencement day luncheon today: