Press Release

13 January 1997

Press Release
ENV/DEV/396

IMPORTANCE OF PUBLIC AWARENESS IN BATTLE AGAINST DESERTIFICATION STRESSED IN NEGOTIATING COMMITTEE FOR CONVENTION

19970113 Committee Chairman Reports on Meeting of Contact Group On Designation of Headquarters for Convention's Permanent Secretariat

13 January 1997

Press Release
WOM/926

WOMEN'S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE BEGINS SIXTEENTH SESSION

19970113

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women opened its sixteenth session this morning by electing Salma Kahn, of Bangladesh, as its new Chairperson and adopting its agenda and organization of work. Ms. Kahn succeeds Ivanka Corti, of Italy.

13 January 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6142

SECRETARY-GENERAL, SHOCKED TO LEARN OF MASSACRE IN BURUNDI, STRONGLY URGES PARTIES TO NEGOTIATE

19970113 The following statement was issued today by the Acting Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General was shocked to learn of another massacre by the Burundi Army, on 10 January, of 122 Burundi refugees returning from the United Republic of Tanzania, in the province of Muyinga.

13 January 1997

Press Release
WOM/927

10 January 1997

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SG/2031
BIO/3053*

KOFI ANNAN, UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY-GENERAL

19970110 Biographical Note

10 January 1997

Press Release
SC/6311

SECURITY COUNCIL FAILS TO AUTHORIZE DEPLOYMENT OF UN MILITARY OBSERVERS TO VERIFY IMPLEMENTATION OF CEASE-FIRE AGREEMENT IN GUATEMALA

19970110 Draft Resolution Supported by 14 Members; Voting against Text, China Says No Country's Peace Should Be at Expense of Another's Sovereignty

10 January 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6141

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER INCREASED TENSIONS IN CYPRUS

19970110 The following statement was issued today by the Acting Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

9 January 1997

Press Release
HQ/571

9 January 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6140

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES STAFF TO STRIVE FOR EXCELLENCE, STRESSING UN PERFORMANCE WILL TURN DETRACTORS INTO SUPPORTERS

19970109 `Nobody Argues with Success', Says Kofi Annan In Address to Staff; `My Mission, However Impossible, Is Your Mission Too'

The following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan's address to United Nations staff today:

Friends and colleagues,

8 January 1997

Press Release
HR/4320

HUMAN RIGHTS FIELD OPERATION IN RWANDA REPORTS DETENTION OF 5460 RETURNEES

19970108

GENEVA, 7 January (UN Information Service) -- Some 5,460 recent Rwandan returnees were being held in detention throughout Rwanda as of 31 December 1996, according to a 6 January report from the Human Rights Field Operation in Rwanda (HRFOR) of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.