Statements and Messages

8 February 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/6888

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXTENDS HEARTFELT CONDOLENCES TO FAMILY OF KING HUSSEIN AND TO PEOPLE OF JORDAN

19990208 Kofi Annan Says King Hussein Was One Of United Nations Most Valuable Partners for Peace

Following is a statement by the Secretary-General on the occasion of the death of King Hussein of Jordan, on Sunday, 7 February:

4 February 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/6887
AFR/130

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEEPLY DISMAYED AT RESUMPTION OF FIGHTING IN GUINEA-BISSAU

19990204 The following statement was issued today by the Office of the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

3 February 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/6886

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR EXTRA EFFORT TO END AFRICA'S WARS, UNLEASH ITS RICH POTENTIAL, AS HE ACCEPTS 1999 BLACK HISTORY MAKERS AWARD

19990203 Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Associated Black Charities upon receiving the 1999 Black History Makers Award in New York on February:

3 February 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/6884

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES KOSOVO PEACE TALKS

19990203 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General welcomes the timely decision of the Contact Group to convene peace talks on Kosovo at Rambouillet. He is convinced that a peaceful settlement can only be reached through direct dialogue between the parties concerned.

3 February 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/6885

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES EFFORTS TO MINIMIZE UNCERTAINTIES OF GLOBALIZATION IN ADDRESS TO ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL

19990203 Following is the address of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Organizational Session of the Economic and Social Council in New York on 3 February:

3 February 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/6883

FOREIGN MINISTERS OF INDONESIA, PORTUGAL TO MEET WITH SECRETARY-GENERAL ON PLAN FOR EAST TIMOR 8 FEBRUARY

19990203 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

1 February 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/6881/Rev.1*

SECRETARY-GENERAL PROPOSES GLOBAL COMPACT ON HUMAN RIGHTS, LABOUR, ENVIRONMENT, IN ADDRESS TO WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM IN DAVOS

19990201 Following is the address of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on 31 January:

I am delighted to join you again at the World Economic Forum. This is my third visit in just over two years as Secretary-General of the United Nations.

1 February 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/6882
UNEP/37

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES REFORM IN MESSAGE TO UNEP GOVERNING COUNCIL

19990201

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the twentieth session of the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), delivered on his behalf by its Executive Director, Klaus Töpfer, in Nairobi today:

1 February 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/6881

SECRETARY-GENERAL PROPOSES GLOBAL COMPACT ON HUMAN RIGHTS, LABOUR, ENVIRONMENT, IN ADDRESS TO WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM IN DAVOS

19990201 Following is the address of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on 31 January:

I am delighted to join you again at the World Economic Forum. This is my third visit in just over two years as Secretary-General of the United Nations.

29 January 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/6880

IN ACCEPTING NONVIOLENCE AWARD, SECRETARY-GENERAL PLEDGES NOT TO FORGET SACRIFICES OF MAHATMA GANDHI AND MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.

19990129 Following is the text of the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan upon receiving the first Gandhi/King Award for Nonviolence, which was delivered today in New York on his behalf by Assistant Secretary-General for External Relations Gillian Sorensen: