Statements and Messages

19 May 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6566
ECO/3

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR GREATER COHERENCE BETWEEN TRADE AND FINANCIAL SYSTEM, IN STATEMENT TO WTO MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE

19980519 It Is Sacred Duty of United Nations System, WTO and Bretton Woods Institutions to Give People Back Sound Reasons to Hope, Kofi Annan Emphasizes

19 May 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6565
AFG/79

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEEPLY CONCERNED AT TALIBAN DECISION TO ABANDON FORUM FOR INTRA-AFGHAN DIALOGUE

19980519 The following is the text of a statement attributable to the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

18 May 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6564

GREATEST THREAT TO GLOBAL UNITY IS 'THAT WE FAIL TO SEE BEYOND OURSELVES', SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS CLEVELAND COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS

19980518 CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY Kofi Annan Stresses Most of Today's Major Problems Cannot be Addressed by Any Single Nation Acting Alone

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's address to the Cleveland Council on Foreign Relations, in Cleveland, Ohio, today:

18 May 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6563

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS REWARD OF WORKING IN SERVICE OF HUMANITY IS KNOWING ONE PERSON 'CAN TRULY MAKE A DIFFERENCE'

19980518 CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY In Commencement Address at Macalester College, Kofi Annan Tells Members of Class of '98 to 'Go out and Make Your Difference in This World'

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's commencement address at Macalester College, in St. Paul, Minnesota, on 17 May:

15 May 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6562

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEEPLY DISTURBED OVER OUTBREAK OF VIOLENCE IN OCCUPIED TERRITORIES AND DEATHS AMONG PALESTINIAN POPULATION

19980515 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

13 May 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6561
UNEP/27

IN MESSAGE ON OCCASION OF WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY, SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR PROTECTION OF OCEANS

19980513 ADVANCE RELEASE

The theme for this year's World Environment Day, "For Life on Earth: Save Our Seas", is an appeal to each and every one of us to protect and focus our attention on one of our planet's most valuable resources: the oceans.

13 May 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6560

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEEPLY DISTURBED OVER TWO MORE NUCLEAR TESTS BY INDIA

19980513

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

13 May 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6559

AT CANNES FESTIVAL, SECRETARY-GENERAL EMPHASIZES ROLE OF CINEMA IN SERVICE OF FREEDOM

19980513

Following is the text of the statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan, delivered today at the Cannes Festival:

11 May 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6558
OBV/46

IF TOLERANCE, RESPECT AND EQUITY PERMEATE FAMILY LIFE, THEY WILL TRANSLATE INTO VALUES THAT SHAPE SOCIETIES AND NATIONS, SAYS SECRETARY GENERAL

19980511

Kofi Annan Stresses Role of Family in Turning Notion of Human Rights Into Reality, in Message on Occasion of International Day of Families,

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's message on the occasion of the International Day of Families, 15 May:

11 May 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6557
REF/1161

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES REGIONAL EFFORTS TO SOLVE PROBLEM OF FORCED DISPLACEMENT IN GREAT LAKES REGION

19980511

Following is the text of remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at a regional meeting on refugee issues in the Great Lakes Region, in Kampala, on 9 May: