Statements and Messages

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:

20 April 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6530

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS AMERICANS NEED LOOK NO FURTHER THAN OWN LIVES TO EXPERIENCE UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM AT WORK

19980420 Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's address on "The United Nations in Our Daily Lives", delivered in San Francisco today at a luncheon hosted by the San Francisco World Affairs Council, Commonwealth Club and United Nations Association:

20 April 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6531

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES UNITED NATIONS UNIQUE ROLE IN PREVENTING CONFLICT, RESOLVING DISPUTES

19980420 Speaking at University of California, Emphasizes Need To Regain Trust of World Community

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's address on "War, Peace and the United Nations", delivered today at the School of International and Area Studies, University of California, Berkeley.

20 April 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6529

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS VALUES SET OUT IN UN CHARTER ARE ALSO PILLAR OF GLOBAL ECONOMY

19980420 Speaking at Business Breakfast in San Francisco, Says UN Provides Agreed Set of Objectives within which Markets Are Able To Function

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's statement at a business breakfast hosted by the President of the Bank of America, David Coulter, in San Francisco today:

18 April 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6528
ECOSOC/5751

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES PROMOTING ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL PROGRESS AS SHARED OBJECTIVE OF UNITED NATIONS AND BRETTON WOODS INSTITUTIONS

19980418 CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY In Special Meeting of Economic and Social Council, Kofi Annan Calls For Keeping Benefits of Open Financial Markets while Reducing Risks of Crises

17 April 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6525

SECRETARY-GENERAL WITHDRAWS HUMAN RIGHTS INVESTIGATIVE TEAM FROM DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

19980417

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

17 April 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6526

SECRETARY-GENERAL REGRETS POL POT'S DEATH RULES OUT POSSIBILITY OF TRIAL

19980417 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General regrets that Pol Pot's death rules out the possibility of his trial under international law for crimes against humanity.

17 April 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6527

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES EXCHANGE OF PRISONERS OF WAR BETWEEN IRAN AND IRAQ

19980417 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

16 April 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6523

TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI ANNAN ON HIS REPORT ON AFRICA AT HEADQUARTERS, 16 APRIL

19980416

16 April 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6524
SC/6503

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS PROPOSALS IN HIS REPORT ON AFRICA REQUIRE NEW WAYS OF THINKING, OF ACTING

19980416 Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's statement delivered this morning at the Security Council