Statements and Messages

27 April 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6540
CA/15

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS ASSASSINATION OF MONSIGNOR GERARDI, SENIOR HUMAN RIGHTS FIGURE, IN GUATEMALA CITY

19980427 Following is the text of a statement attributable to the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General condemns in the strongest terms the assassination last night of Monsignor Juan Gerardi Conedera, Coordinator General of the Human Rights Office of the Archbishopric of Guatemala.

27 April 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6541/Rev.1*

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES RELIGIOUS, SPIRITUAL DIMENSIONS OF UNITED NATIONS WORK, IN KEYNOTE ADDRESS

19980427 Speaks on "Challenge of Diversity" at Event By Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding

27 April 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6541*

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES RELIGIOUS, SPIRITUAL DIMENSIONS OF UNITED NATIONS WORK, IN KEYNOTE ADDRESS

19980427 Speaks on "Challenge of Diversity" at Event By Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding

Following is the text of the keynote address by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on "The Challenge of Diversity" for the Rabbi Marc H. Tanenbaum Memorial Lecture, to be delivered this evening at the Park Avenue Synagogue, New York:

27 April 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6539
GA/9404

SECRETARY-GENERAL UPDATES ASSEMBLY ON UNITED NATIONS REFORM

19980427 Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's statement delivered today at the General Assembly:

24 April 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6537

24 April 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6538
AFR/53

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES WITH GREAT RELIEF SAFE RELEASE OF RED CROSS/RED CRESCENT WORKERS IN SOMALIA

19980424 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General was greatly relieved to hear of the safe release this morning of the 10 Red Cross/Red Crescent workers taken hostage in Somalia a week ago.

23 April 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6536
AFR/52

SECRETARY-GENERAL, EMPHASIZING IMPORTANCE OF DUE PROCESS, EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER EXECUTIONS ANNOUNCED BY RWANDAN GOVERNMENT

19980423 The following statement, concerning the announced intention of the Government of Rwanda to execute more than 20 persons found guilty of genocide in that country, was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

23 April 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6535

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS UNITED NATIONS OF TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY MUST BECOME GLOBAL CENTRE FOR VISIONARY AND EFFECTIVE PREVENTIVE ACTION

19980423 Addressing 'Challenge of Conflict Prevention' at Rice University, Texas, Kofi Annan Says Promise of Prevention Must not Be Deferred

22 April 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6534

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS GENUINE AND LASTING CONFLICT PREVENTION VITAL FOR ENSURING HUMAN SECURITY, UNITED NATIONS' CARDINAL MISSION

19980422 Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's keynote address to the Conference on Preventing Deadly Conflict among Nations in the Twenty-first Century, at the University of California at Los Angeles today:

21 April 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6532

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES IMPORTANCE OF FINANCIAL, POLITICAL SUPPORT FOR HUMANITARIAN EFFORTS

19980421 ADVANCE TEXT Addresses Los Angeles World Affairs Council, Town Hall Los Angeles, on 'The Humanitarian Challenge Today'

Following is the text of an address by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on "The Humanitarian Challenge Today", to the Los Angeles World Affairs Council and Town Hall Los Angeles on 21 April: