Press Release

24 June 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6612

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES STATEMENTS ISSUED BY ASEAN TROIKA AND FRIENDS OF CAMBODIA

19980624 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan:

24 June 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6611

SECRETARY-GENERAL SENDS ASSISTANT SECRETARY-GENERAL ALVARO DE SOTO TO DELIVER PERSONAL MESSAGE TO SOUTH ASIAN LEADERS

19980624 Following is the text of a statement attributable to the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan issued today:

24 June 1998

Press Release
WOM/1057

WOMEN'S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE BEGINS CONSIDERATION OF SOUTH AFRICA'S INITIAL REPORT

19980624

Despite the legacy of discrimination and underdevelopment of the apartheid regime, South Africa had made significant achievements in promoting the equality of women, the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women was told this morning, as that country presented its first-ever report.

23 June 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6610
OBV/50

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPEALS TO GOVERNMENTS AND MEMBERS OF CIVIL SOCIETY TO TAKE ACTION TO DEFEAT TORTURE AND TORTURERS EVERYWHERE

19980623 ADVANCE RELEASE Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's message on the occasion of the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, 26 June:

23 June 1998

Press Release
DSG/SM/10

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS MICROFINANCE POWERFUL INSTRUMENT IN HELPING PEOPLE TO HELP THEMSELVES

19980623

Following is the text of Deputy Secretary-General Louise Frechette's statement delivered today at the opening of the fifth consultative meeting of the Consultative Group to Assist the Poorest:

23 June 1998

Press Release
WOM/1055

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:

23 June 1998

Press Release
WOM/1056

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/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.