Statements and Messages

23 June 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6609

ENVIRONMENTAL THREATS ARE QUINTESSENTIAL 'PROBLEMS WITHOUT PASSPORTS', SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS EUROPEAN ENVIRONMENT MINISTERS

19980623 Aarhus, Denmark, 23-25 June

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Fourth Pan-European Conference on Environment Ministers, "Environment for Europe", delivered on his behalf by Yves Berthelot, Executive Secretary, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe:

22 June 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6608

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEPLORES DECISION OF GOVERNMENT OF ISRAEL TO EXPAND BOUNDARIES OF JERUSALEM; URGES ISRAEL TO RESCIND DECISION

19980622 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan:

22 June 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6607
AFR/78

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES AGREEMENT ON SUSPENSION OF HOSTILITIES IN BURUNDI

19980622 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan:

22 June 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6606
AFR/76

SECRETARY-GENERAL REITERATES APPEAL TO ERITREA AND ETHIOPIA

19980622 The following statement was issued on Friday, 19 June, by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General has been following closely the efforts of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) in its quest for a peaceful resolution of the conflict between Eritrea and Ethiopia.

19 June 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6605

SECRETARY-GENERAL REITERATES APPEAL TO ALL PARTIES TO ABSTAIN FROM ACTION THAT ADDS TO TENSION IN CYPRUS

19980619 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

19 June 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6604
SOC/NAR/785

19 June 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6603

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES EFFORTS BY PRESIDENT YELTSIN AND OTHERS TO BRING ABOUT DIPLOMATIC SOLUTION TO CONFLICT IN KOSOVO

19980619 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan:

18 June 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6602
WOM/1052

SECRETARY-GENERAL HOPES FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION 'WILL BE BUT A MEMORY', PROMISES TO ENSURE ISSUE REMAINS ON INTERNATIONAL AGENDA

19980618 Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's statement at the opening of the meeting on "Culture, Education and Female Circumcision", delivered on his behalf by his Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women, Angela King, on Monday, 15 June:

18 June 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6601

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS JEAN-PIERRE RITTER, OF SWITZERLAND, AS NEW THIRD MEMBER OF COMMITTEE ON MISSING PERSONS IN CYPRUS

19980618 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan:

16 June 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6600
OBV/48

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR EFFORTS TO BREAK CYCLE OF POVERTY, LAND DEGRADATION IN MESSAGE ON DAY TO COMBAT DESERTIFICATION

19980616 ADVANCE RELEASE Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's message on the occasion of the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought, 17 June: