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SG/T/2142
6 July 1998


Press Release
SG/T/2142


SECRETARY-GENERAL'S VISITS TO UNITED KINGDOM AND AUSTRIA

19980706

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Secretary-General Kofi Annan left New York on Thursday, 25 June, for a European tour during which he spoke at the annual conference of a private foundation in Ditchley, England, and chaired a panel discussion on human rights in Vienna, Austria.

SG/SM/6624
2 July 1998


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SG/SM/6624
OBV/52


SECRETARY-GENERAL'S MESSAGE FOR INTERNATIONAL DAY OF COOPERATIVES

19980702 The following message was issued today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the occasion of the International Day of Cooperatives, 4 July 1998:

SG/SM/6627
2 July 1998


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SG/SM/6627


SECRETARY-GENERAL DENIES REPORTED UNITED NATIONS ROLE IN PEACE NEGOTIATIONS IN COLOMBIA

19980702 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan:

I wish to clarify that, contrary to press reports out of Bogota, Colombia, neither the Secretary-General nor any authorized official has proposed that the United Nations play a role in peace negotiations in that country.