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SG/SM/6897

ADDRESSING BETHLEHEM 2000 CONFERENCE, SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES NEED TO FOCUS ALL EFFORTS ON ACHIEVING NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENT OF PALESTINE QUESTION

19 February 1999


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GA/PAL/795


ADDRESSING BETHLEHEM 2000 CONFERENCE, SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES NEED TO FOCUS ALL EFFORTS ON ACHIEVING NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENT OF PALESTINE QUESTION

19990219 Strive To Forgive Past Transgressions and To Build Bridges of Tolerance And Trust for the Future, Kofi Annan Emphasizes in Message to Rome Conference

SG/SM/6895

ESTABLISHING INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT WILL BE FITTING WAY TO INAUGURATE NEW MILLENNIUM, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS COURT'S PREPARATORY COMMISSION

16 February 1999


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L/2908


ESTABLISHING INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT WILL BE FITTING WAY TO INAUGURATE NEW MILLENNIUM, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS COURT'S PREPARATORY COMMISSION

19990216 Kofi Annan Says Court Will Put World on Notice that Crimes Against Humanity, Which Disgraced this Century, Will Not Go Unpunished

SG/SM/6896

SECRETARY-GENERAL ENCOURAGED BY PROGRESS ON LOCKERBIE ISSUE

16 February 1999


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SG/SM/6896


SECRETARY-GENERAL ENCOURAGED BY PROGRESS ON LOCKERBIE ISSUE

19990216 The following statement was issued by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan on Friday, 12 February:

The Secretary-General is greatly encouraged by the important progress towards resolving the Lockerbie issue reported to him as a result of the efforts by Saudi Arabia and South Africa.

SG/SM/6894

CONCENTRATION, INNER CALM, RESPECT FOR ADVERSARIES ARE CHARACTERISTICS 'I TRY TO SUMMON UP IN MOST IMPORTANT MOMENTS OF MY JOB', SECRETARY-GENERAL STATES

12 February 1999


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CONCENTRATION, INNER CALM, RESPECT FOR ADVERSARIES ARE CHARACTERISTICS 'I TRY TO SUMMON UP IN MOST IMPORTANT MOMENTS OF MY JOB', SECRETARY-GENERAL STATES

19990212 'All Three Are Essential in Going the Distance and in Staying On Track', Kofi Annan States upon Receiving Jesse Owens Global Award

Following is the address by Secretary-General Kofi Annan upon receiving the Jesse Owens Global Award, in New York yesterday:

SG/SM/6892

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS ON ETHIOPIA AND ERITREA TO CEASE HOSTILITIES IMMEDIATELY

10 February 1999


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AFR/131


SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS ON ETHIOPIA AND ERITREA TO CEASE HOSTILITIES IMMEDIATELY

19990210 The following statement was issued on Saturday, 6 February, by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General has seen reports of serious fighting between Ethiopia and Eritrea.