Statements and Messages

26 February 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/6907
WOM/1099

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR REDEDICATION TO ELIMINATING DISCRIMINATION AND DISADVANTAGE TO WHICH WOMEN ARE STILL SUBJECTED

19990226 Following is the text of a message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the occasion of International Women's Day, observed on 8 March:

26 February 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/6908
AFR/134

SECRETARY-GENERAL VERY MUCH REGRETS IMPASSE IN ANGOLAN PEACE PROCESS AND RESUMPTION OF CONFLICT LEADING TO TERMINATION OF MONUA MANDATE

19990226 The following statement was issued today by the Office of the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

26 February 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/6906

STRUGGLE TO ELIMINATE ANTI-PERSONNEL MINES KEY IN EFFORT AGAINST WEAPONS WHICH KILL AND MAIM CIVILIANS INDISCRIMINATELY, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

19990226 ADVANCE TEXT Following is the text of a message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the occasion of the entry into force of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction (Ottawa Convention) on Monday, 1 March:

25 February 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/6904

SECRETARY-GENERAL, DISTURBED BY REPORTS OF VIOLENCE FROM EAST TIMOR, URGES PEACE AND CALM AT TIME OF PROGRESS IN POLITICAL PROCESS

19990225 Following is a statement attributable to the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan:

25 February 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/6905
CA/18

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS REPORT OF GUATEMALA'S CLARIFICATION COMMISSION IS GREAT ACHIEVEMENT FOR PEOPLE STRUGGLING TO ACHIEVE PEACE WITH JUSTICE

19990225 CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY Declaring Public Commission's Report, Kofi Annan Calls for Its Broad Dissemination To Help Further Goals of National Reconciliation in Guatemala

24 February 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/6903
AFR/133

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONVEYS DEEPEST CONDOLENCES TO FAMILIES, FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES OF MONUA PLANE CRASH VICTIMS

19990224 Following is the text of a message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the memorial service for the victims of the two United Nations Observer Mission in Angola (MONUA) plane crashes, which was delivered today in Luanda by the Secretary-General's Special Representative to Angola, Issa B.Y. Diallo:

23 February 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/6902

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES CONCLUSION OF RAMBOUILLET NEGOTIATIONS LEADING TO AGREEMENT ON SUBSTANTIAL AUTONOMY FOR KOSOVO

19990223 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan:

23 February 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/6901
PKO/80

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS FUTURE OF PEACEKEEPING WILL DEPEND, IN LARGE PART, ON MOBILIZING NEW FORMS OF LEVERAGE TO BRING PARTIES TOWARDS SETTLEMENT

19990223 CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY Kofi Annan Stresses at Georgetown University, Once Peacekeeping Operation Is Authorized by Council, Everyone Must Pay Their Share of Cost, Promptly, in Full

22 February 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/6899
AFR/132

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES NATIONAL UNITY GOVERNMENT IN GUINEA-BISSAU

19990222 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan:

22 February 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/6900

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES ESTABLISHMENT OF DIRECT BUS SERVICE BETWEEN NEW DELHI AND LAHORE

19990222 The following statement, attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General, was issued on Friday, 19 February: