Statements and Messages

Press Release
SG/SM/7187

WAR FOE OF DEVELOPMENT, DEVELOPMENT BEST FORM OF CONFLICT-PREVENTION SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS WORLD BANK STAFF

This is the text of the Secretary-General's address to World Bank staff in Washington, D.C., today:

It is a great honour to be invited to give the first in your new programme of “United Nations Lectures”.

Press Release
SG/SM/7185

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES NEED FOR ‘STRONG, CONSISTENT, PREDICTABLE SUPPORT’ TO ENABLE UNITED NATIONS TO PROSPER

Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan upon receiving the 1999 Woodrow Wilson Statesmanship Award from the Woodrow Wilson House this evening in Washington, D.C.:

You do me a great honour tonight in giving me this award, and I thank you.

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SG/SM/7183
AFR/187

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS ON PARTIES TO LUSAKA PEACE ACCORD TO OBSERVE CEASEFIRE AND EXTEND SUPPORT FOR POLIO IMMUNIZATION CAMPAIGN

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

Press Release
SG/SM/7188

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES INDONESIAN ASSEMBLY’S VOIDING OF DECREE INTEGRATING EAST TIMOR INTO INDONESIA

The following statement is attributable to the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

Press Release
SG/SM/7186

SECRETARY-GENERAL, MEETING WORLD BANK DIRECTORS, URGES POOLING OF RESOURCES

This is the text of remarks made today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the World Bank Board of Directors in Washington, D.C.:

Press Release
SG/SM/7182

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONGRATULATES MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES FOR 1999 NOBEL PEACE PRIZE

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

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SG/SM/7181
OBV/115

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN UN DAY MESSAGE, URGES TAKING STOCK OF PAST, THEN LOOKING FORWARD WITH IDEAS TO MAKE NEW ERA BETTER THAN OLD

The following is the text of the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s on United Nations Day, which is observed 24 October:

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SG/SM/7179
AFR/184

SECRETARY-GENERAL PAYS TRIBUTE TO LATE JULIUS NYERERE, ‘ONE OF THE GIANTS’ OF AFRICAN LIBERATION

Following are the remarks made this morning by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the occasion of the death of Julius Nyerere, founder-President of the United Republic of Tanzania:

Press Release
SG/SM/7177
DC/2667

SECRETARY-GENERAL LEARNS WITH REGRET OF NEGATIVE VOTE OF UNITED STATES SENTATE ON RATIFICATION OF COMPREHENSIVE NUCLEAR-TEST-BAN TREATY

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

Press Release
SG/SM/7180
AFR/185

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES THREE-MONTH EXTENSION OF SUDAN CEASEFIRE

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