Press Release


SG/SM/6671
11 August 1998


Press Release
SG/SM/6671


SECRETARY-GENERAL, STRESSING COMMITMENT TO PROTECT OCEANS, SAYS MISSION OF PREVENTING DAMAGE 'TO OUR ONE AND ONLY EARTH' MUST BE PRIORITY

19980811 In Statement in Lisbon to Independent Commission on Oceans, Kofi Annan Praises Portugal's Efforts to Highlight Issue of Oceans Worldwide

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's statement to the Independent Commission on the Oceans, in Lisbon, today:

SOC/4462
10 August 1998


Press Release
SOC/4462


PRESIDENT OF PORTUGAL EMPHASIZES NEED FOR CONCERTED GLOBAL ACTION AT OPENING OF WORLD CONFERENCE OF MINISTERS RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUTH

19980810 UN Secretary-General Calls for Nurturing of Society's Lifeline, Its Youth; Deputy Minister to Prime Minister of Portugal Elected as Conference President

(Reissued as received from a United Nations Information Officer.)