Statements and Messages

14 June 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/7030
ORG/1286

SECRETARY-GENERAL, UNVEILING PORTRAIT OF BOUTROS BOUTROS-GHALI, SAYS IT IS PICTURE OF MAN WITH COURAGE TO STICK BY HIS DECISIONS

19990614 CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY

At Headquarters Ceremony, Kofi Annan Also Says Boutros-Ghali Deserves Gratitude of All Who Know Organization to be Indispensable and Irreplaceable

11 June 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/7027

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES OBLIGATION OF GOVERNMENT TO PROTECT YOUNG PEOPLE

19990611

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's message to the final conference of the United Nations OneWorld Youth Conference Series -- held in Ulan Bator, Mongolia, from 6 to 8 June -- which was delivered by the Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information, Kensaku Hogen:

11 June 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/7025

UN FOUNDED ON BELIEF THAT WORLD CAN YIELD TO FORCES OF CHANGE, TOLERANCE, HOPE SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL, ACCEPTING 'SEEDS OF PEACE' PRIZE

19990611 Following is the address of Secretary-General Kofi Annan upon receiving the 1999 Seeds of Peace Prize in New York on 10 June:

11 June 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/7028

SECRETARY-GENERAL AWARE OF DIPLOMATIC EFFORTS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY CONCERNING HIS MISSION OF GOOD OFFICES IN CYPRUS

19990611

Kofi Annan Studying Joint Statement of G-8 Foreign Ministers In Preparation of Summit Meeting to Be Held Next Week in Cologne

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

11 June 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/7029

SECRETARY-GENERAL LAUDS OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS OF INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNALS PROSECUTOR

19990611 The following statement was issued today by the Office of the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Government of Canada yesterday announced the appointment of Louise Arbour to the Supreme Court of Canada.

11 June 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/7026
SOC/NAR/802

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS GLOBAL IMPLICATIONS AND CROSS-BORDER NATURE OF DRUG ABUSE AND ILLICIT TRAFFICKING MAKE UN MOST SUITABLE FOR WAGING WAR AGAINST THEM

19990611 Following is the text of the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan for the occasion of the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, to be observed on 26 June:

11 June 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/7024

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS ESCALATION IN ATTACKS ON UN BLUE AND IN VIOLATIONS OF INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW IS DEEPLY TROUBLING PHENOMENON

19990611 Addressing Summit on Security of International Civil Service, Kofi Annan Stresses 'Safety and Security of Staff is Non-Negotiable Issue'

11 June 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/7026/Rev.1*
SOC/NAR/802/Rev.1*

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS GLOBAL IMPLICATIONS AND CROSS-BORDER NATURE OF DRUG ABUSE AND ILLICIT TRAFFICKING MAKE UN MOST SUITABLE FOR WAGING WAR

19990611

AGAINST THEM

Following is the text of the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan for the occasion of the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, to be observed on 26 June:

10 June 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/7023
SC/6687

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN COUNCIL MEETING ON KOSOVO, SAYS UN IS DETERMINED TO LEAD CIVILIAN IMPLEMENTATION OF PEACE EFFECTIVELY AND EFFICIENTLY

19990610 Kofi Annan Says Resolution Gives Strong Legal Underpinning to Task Ahead; 'But Let us Not Be Triumphalist, for that Task is Indeed Daunting'

Following is the text of the statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the Security Council resolution on Kosovo adopted today:

8 June 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/7021
OBV/98

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM WILL NOT LAG BEHIND IN SEARCH FOR CONCRETE SOLUTIONS TO DESERTIFICATION AND DROUGHT

19990608

Following is the text of a message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan for the occasion of World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought, which will be observed on 17 June: