Statements and Messages

18 May 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/6997

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS RENEWAL OF EFFECTIVENESS AND RELEVANCE OF SECURITY COUNCIL MUST BE CORNERSTONE OF EFFORTS TO PROMOTE INTERNATIONAL PEACE IN NEXT CENTURY

19990518 Following is the text of an address on "The Effectiveness of the International Rule of Law in Maintaining International Peace and Security", delivered today in The Hague by Secretary-General Kofi Annan, on the occasion of the centennial of the first International Peace Conference:

17 May 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/6995

ULTIMATE CRIME TO MISS CHANCE FOR PEACE AND CONDEMN PEOPLE TO MISERY OF WAR, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL TO 'APPEAL FOR PEACE' CONFERENCE AT THE HAGUE

19990517 Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan's address to the "Appeal for Peace Conference" at The Hague on 15 May:

17 May 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/6996

SECRETARY GENERAL SAYS ARBITRATION MAY BE ONE OF DIPLOMACY'S BEST-KEPT SECRETS, CALLS FOR IT TO BE USED TO FULLEST

19990517 Following is the text of a statement made by Secretary-General Kofi Annan today in The Hague, on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Permanent Court of Arbitration:

I am honoured to be with you today to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the creation of the Permanent Court of Arbitration.

17 May 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/6994
AFR/142

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEEPLY CONCERNED WITH REPORTS OF FIGHTING BETWEEN GOVERNMENT OF SUDAN AND SUDANESE PEOPLE'S LIBERATION MOVEMENT/ARMY

19990517 The following statement was issued today by the Office of the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

14 May 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/6992

SECRETARY-GENERAL ADDRESSES HIGH-LEVEL MEETING ON BALKANS

19990514 GENEVA, 14 May (UN Information Service) -- This is the prepared text of the opening statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the second part of the High-Level Meeting on the crisis in the Balkans, held at the Palais des Nations in Geneva today:

First, I would like to introduce my Special Envoys for the Balkans, Mr. Carl Bildt and Mr. Eduard Kukan.

14 May 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/6993

TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI ANNAN AT GENEVA, ON 14 MAY

19990514

14 May 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/6991
SAG/34

SECRETARY-GENERAL ADDRESSES WORLD METEOROLOGICAL CONGRESS

19990514 GENEVA, 14 May (UN Information Service) -- Following is the statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the World Meteorological Congress, delivered today at the Geneva International Conference Centre:

12 May 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/6990

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS ISRAEL-UNITED NATIONS PARTNERSHIP ONLY BEGINNING TO SHOW HOW MUCH IT CAN DO: FOR ISRAELIS, MIDDLE EAST AND WORLD

19990512 Following is the text of remarks made last night at Headquarters by Secretary-General Kofi Annan, at a dinner held to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of Israel's membership in the United Nations:

12 May 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/6989*
OBV/94

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR REDEDICATION TO 'IRREPLACEABLE INSTITUTION' IN MESSAGE ON INTERNATIONAL DAY OF FAMILIES

19990512 Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan's message on the occasion of the International Day of Families, observed 15 May:

This year, the International Day of Families is dedicated to the theme of "Families for all ages".

12 May 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/6989
OBV/94

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR REDEDICATION TO 'IRREPLACEABLE INSTITUTION' IN MESSAGE ON INTERNATIONAL DAY OF FAMILIES

19990512 Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan's message on the occasion of the International Day of Families, observed 15 May:

This year, the International Day of Families is dedicated to the theme of "Families for all ages".