Press Release

21 July 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6647

SECRETARY-GENERAL DISTRESSED BY DEATHS OF FOUR UNMOT PERSONNEL

19980721 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan:

21 July 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6645

SECRETARY-GENERAL ENCOURAGES CAMBODIANS TO VOTE FREELY IN 26 JULY NATIONAL ELECTIONS

19980721 The following was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

21 July 1998

Press Release
ECOSOC/5786

'ARROGANT, BIASED' APPROACH TO HUMAN RIGHTS CAN ONLY BE HARMFUL, DELEGATE OF CHINA TELLS ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL

19980721 Warns against 'Teaching Others a Lesson', As Debate Continues on Follow-up Action to 1993 World Conference

21 July 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6648
CA/16

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONSIDERS AWARD FROM GUATEMALAN GOVERNMENT AS TRIBUTE TO THOSE COMMITTED TO PEACE

19980721 Following is the text of the statement made by Secretary-General Kofi Annan upon receiving the "Orden del Quetzal", the highest honour the Government of Guatemala could bestow on a civilian, in Guatemala City on Monday, 20 July:

I am deeply honoured to receive the "Orden del Quetzal".

21 July 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6646
AFR/83

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES ANNOUNCEMENT OF PROGRAMME TO MOVE NIGERIA TOWARDS DEMOCRATIC CIVILIAN RULE

19980721 The following was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

21 July 1998

Press Release
SC/6554

21 July 1998

Press Release
SOC/4456

21 July 1998

Press Release
ECOSOC/5785

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL IS TOLD FULLEST EXPERIENCE OF HUMAN RIGHTS REQUIRES FREEDOM FROM POVERTY

19980721

Without freedom from poverty, human rights could not be fully experienced, the Legal Adviser of the World Bank told the Economic and Social Council this morning, as it continued consideration of follow-up to the 1993 World Conference on Human Rights.

20 July 1998

Press Release
HR/4378

SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON ISRAELI PRACTICES TO VISIT EGYPT, JORDAN AND SYRIA

19980720

GENEVA, 17 July (UN Information Service) -- The Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories will carry out its annual field mission to Egypt, Jordan and Syria from 22 to 31 July.

20 July 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6643
L/2891

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS ESTABLISHMENT OF INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT IS GIFT OF HOPE TO FUTURE GENERATIONS

19980720 Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's statement at the ceremony held at Campidoglio on Saturday, 18 July, celebrating the adoption of the Statute of the International Criminal Court at a United Nations Diplomatic Conference, which concluded in Rome the previous day:

This is indeed a historic moment.