Statements and Messages

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:

7 June 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/7020
AFR/147

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES DEEP CONCERN AT DETERIORATING HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN ANGOLA

19990607 The following statement was issued today by the Office of the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

4 June 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/7019
AFR/146

SECRETARY-GENERAL COMMENDS GOVERNMENT AND PEOPLE OF SOUTH AFRICA FOR EXEMPLARY MANNER IN WHICH SECOND DEMOCRATIC ELECTIONS CONDUCTED

19990604 The following statement was issued today by the Office of the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

4 June 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/7018

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES NEWS OF BREAKTHROUGH AGREEMENT REACHED YESTERDAY IN BELGRADE

19990604 Following is the text of a statement attributable to Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

I welcome the news of the breakthrough agreement reached in Belgrade yesterday. My warmest congratulations go to President Martti Ahtisaari and Special Envoy Victor Chernomyrdin on their achievement.

2 June 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/7017

SECRETARY-GENERAL TO MEET WITH POPE JOHN PAUL II ON 3 JUNE TO ASSESS PROSPECTS FOR RESOLVING KOSOVO CRISIS

19990602 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan:

1 June 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/7015

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEEPLY SADDENED BY DEATH OF PEACEKEEPER IN LEBANON

19990601 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan:

1 June 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/7016
OBV/97

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS RESPONSIBILITY, EQUITY AND SOLIDARITY ARE AS CRUCIAL IN ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS AS THEY ARE IN SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC ONES

19990601 Following is the text of the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan for the occasion of World Environment Day, 5 June:

28 May 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/7014

UNITED NATIONS INFORMED OF INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE PLAN FOR FOOD AIRDROPS IN KOSOVO

19990528

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

28 May 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/7012
REC/55

IN MESSAGE TO OPENING OF ESCWA SESSION, KOFI ANNAN SAYS ECONOMIC INTERESTS CAN AND SHOULD PLAY CONSTRUCTIVE ROLE IN PURSUIT OF PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT

19990528 Pledges UN Will Do All It Can to Help Usher in Era of Cooperation, Construction and Development That Should Benefit All Peoples in Middle East

28 May 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/7010

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES NEW SPIRIT OF UNDERSTANDING AND RECONCILIATION IN RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ARGENTINA AND UNITED KINGDOM

19990528 The following statement was issued today by the Office of the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan: