Statements and Messages

3 April 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6514

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES IMPORTANCE OF CONFLICT PREVENTION, IN ADDRESS TO INTER-PARLIAMENTARY UNION AT WINDHOEK

19980403 ADVANCE TEXT Following is the text of a message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the opening of the Conference of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), to be delivered by Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Kieran Prendergast, at Windhoek on 6 April:

2 April 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6513

SECRETARY-GENERAL ENCOURAGED BY ISRAEL'S DECISION TO WITHDRAW FROM SOUTHERN LEBANON; URGES ALL PARTIES TO COOPERATE

19980402 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

1 April 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6512
UNEP/26

GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY MUST BE REPLENISHED AT HIGHER LEVELS, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN MESSAGE TO ASSEMBLY IN NEW DELHI

19980401 Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's message, delivered by the Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Klaus Töpfer, to the first Assembly of the Global Environment Facility, being held in New Delhi from 1 to 3 April:

1 April 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6511

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, BASED ON RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS, LEGITIMATE GOVERNMENT, ESSENTIAL TO PREVENTING CONFLICT

19980401 Speaking in Beijing, Welcomes China's Intention To Sign International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's statement delivered at the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in Beijing today:

31 March 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6510

SECRETARY-GENERAL SADDENED BY DEATH OF FORMER US CONGRESSWOMAN BELLA ABZUG, 'LEADING LIGHT' OF NGO COMMUNITY, PIONEER IN ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN

19980331 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan:

30 March 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6509

CITING RESOLUTION OF UNSCOM CRISIS AS MOST RECENT EXAMPLE, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS 'MUCH MORE CAN BE ACHIEVED BY ACTING TOGETHER THAN BY ACTING ALONE'

19980330 Addressing Members of Duma, Refers to Russian Federation As 'Indispensable Anchor' in UN Efforts for Peace and Security

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's statement, delivered in Moscow today at the State Duma:

30 March 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6508

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES RETURN TO CAMBODIA OF PRINCE NORODOM RANARIDDH

19980330 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General welcomes the return to Cambodia of Prince Norodom Ranariddh today after an absence of nearly nine months.

30 March 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6507

SECRETARY-GENERAL MEETS WITH LEADER OF TURKISH CYPRIOT COMMUNITY

19980330 The following statement was issued in Geneva on Saturday, 28 March, by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

27 March 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6506
PKO/70

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS NEW UN MISSION IN CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC SHOWS ORGANIZATION'S COMMITMENT TO HELP AFRICA ATTAIN STABILITY, PEACE

19980327 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan:

25 March 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6505/Rev.1*

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IT IS LONG PAST TIME FOR ISRAELIS AND PALESTINIANS TO MAKE DIFFICULT DECISIONS TO MOVE OSLO PROCESS FORWARD

19980325 Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's toast delivered in Jerusalem today, at a luncheon hosted by the Speaker of the Knesset, Dan Tichon: