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SG/SM/6980

TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI ANNAN. FOREIGN MINISTER OF INDONESIA ALI ALATAS, FOREIGN MINISTER OF PORTUGAL JAIME GAMA

6 May 1999


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SG/SM/6980


TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI ANNAN. FOREIGN MINISTER OF INDONESIA ALI ALATAS, FOREIGN MINISTER OF PORTUGAL JAIME GAMA

19990506

AND AMBASSADOR JAMSHEED K.A. MARKER

AT HEADQUARTERS, ON 5 MAY

The SECRETARY-GENERAL: Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. I notice we have a full room this afternoon, and I wonder why.

SG/SM/6979

SECRETARY-GENERAL SALUTES COURAGE AND COMMITMENT TO TRUTH OF JOURNALISTS EVERYWHERE, SO FREEDOM MAY FLOURISH IN EVERY COUNTRY

3 May 1999


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SG/SM/6979
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SECRETARY-GENERAL SALUTES COURAGE AND COMMITMENT TO TRUTH OF JOURNALISTS EVERYWHERE, SO FREEDOM MAY FLOURISH IN EVERY COUNTRY

19990503 In Video-Message on Occasion of World Press Freedom Day, Kofi Annan Stresses 'Press Freedom is a Cornerstone of Human Rights'

Following is the text of the video-message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the occasion of the observance of World Press Freedom Day, in New York today:

SG/SM/6976

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS COUP D'+TAT IN COMOROS

30 April 1999


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SG/SM/6976


SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS COUP D'ÉTAT IN COMOROS

19990430 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General condemns the coup d'état in the Islamic Federal Republic of the Comoros which overthrew the constitutional Government.

SG/SM/6977

'OUR DIFFERENCES CAN AND MUST BE OUTWEIGHED BY OUR COMMON HUMANITY', STRESSES SECRETARY-GENERAL IN COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS TO UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

30 April 1999


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SG/SM/6977


'OUR DIFFERENCES CAN AND MUST BE OUTWEIGHED BY OUR COMMON HUMANITY', STRESSES SECRETARY-GENERAL IN COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS TO UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

19990430 Kofi Annan Says International Norm against Repression of Minorities That Will Take Precedence over Concerns of State Sovereignty Is Emerging

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's commencement address to the University of Michigan, in Ann Arbour on 1 May:

SG/SM/6973

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS PARTNERSHIP OF NGOS, PRIVATE SECTOR, INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND GOVERNMENTS POWERFUL PARTNERSHIP FOR FUTURE

29 April 1999


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SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS PARTNERSHIP OF NGOS, PRIVATE SECTOR, INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND GOVERNMENTS POWERFUL PARTNERSHIP FOR FUTURE

19990429 Following is the text of remarks made today in Berlin by Secretary- General Kofi Annan at the non-governmental organization (NGO) 'Forum on Global Issues':