Statements and Messages

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:

28 January 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/6877

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS BELGIUM, JOINING IN COMMON CAUSE WITH OTHER MEMBER STATES, HELPING NAVIGATE NEW LANDSCAPE OF INTERNATIONAL LIFE

19990128 Following is the text of remarks made yesterday, 27 January, by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at a welcoming ceremony at Town Hall in Brussels:

28 January 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/6878

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR UNCONDITIONAL RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS OF KOSOVO CITIZENS, IN STATEMENT TO NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION

19990128 Kofi Annan Stresses Peaceful Negotiation Only Way to Resolve Kosovo Conflict

Following is the text of a statement made today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in Brussels:

27 January 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/6875

TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI ANNAN AT UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA, 26 JANUARY

19990127

27 January 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/6875/Rev.1*

TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI ANNAN AT UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA, 26 JANUARY

19990127

* Reissued entirely in English

27 January 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/6876

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES ANNOUNCEMENTS ON EAST TIMOR

19990127 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General welcomes the reports of two major announcements made in Jakarta with regard to the question of East Timor.

26 January 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/6873/Rev.1*

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES DEEP SYMPATHY WITH GOVERNMENT AND PEOPLE OF COLOMBIA AFTER EARTHQUAKE HITS COUNTRY

19990126 The following statement was issued today by a spokesperson for Secretary-General Kofi Annan in Geneva:

26 January 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/6874
DCF/354

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT TO EMBARK ON MEANINGFUL NEGOTIATIONS FOR A FISSILE MATERIAL TREATY

19990126 Kofi Annan Says It Is Important To Establish Arrangements To Assure Non-Nuclear-Weapon States against Use or Threat of Use of Nuclear Weapons

Following is the text of a statement made by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Conference on Disarmament at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, on 26 January 1999:

26 January 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/6873

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES DEEP SYMPATHY WITH GOVERNMENT AND PEOPLE OF COLOMBIA AFTER EARTHQUAKE HITS COUNTRY

19990126 The following statement was issued today by a spokesperson for Secretary-General Kofi Annan in Geneva:

25 January 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/6872

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS ICRC AND UNITED NATIONS ARE GOOD AND EFFECTIVE PARTNERS

19990125 Following is the text of a statement made today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) at the ICRC's Geneva Headquarters: