Statements and Messages

12 March 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/6922

PRESS CONFERENCE BY SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI ANNAN, HIS PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR EAST TIMOR, AND FOREIGN MINISTERS OF INDONESIA AND PORTUGAL

19990312

12 March 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/6923

SECRETARY-GENERAL, EXPRESSING GREAT SADNESS AT DEATH OF YEHUDI MENUHIN DESCRIBES HIM AS 'CITIZEN OF THE WORLD IN FULLEST SENSE'

19990312 The following was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General, who learned with great sadness this morning of the death of Lord Menuhim, has issued the following statement:

9 March 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/6921
AFR/136

8 March 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/6920

SECRETARY-GENERAL THANKS UNA-USA 'FOR COMMITTING YOUR ENERGIES, YOUR TALENTS, AND YOUR INSPIRED INITIATIVE' TO UNITED NATIONS VITAL CAUSES

19990308 CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY Kofi Annan Tells UNA-USA Convention Problem of United States Arrears Is Not with Citizens, but with Leaders and Politicians

8 March 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/6918

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES SADNESS AT DEATH OF BAHRAIN'S AMIR, DESCRIBES HIM AS 'FORCE FOR STABILITY' IN TROUBLED REGION

19990308 The following statement was issued on Sunday, 7 March, by the Spokesman of Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

8 March 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/6919
WOM/1113

VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN 'MOST SHAMEFUL', PERVASIVE HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATION, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN REMARKS ON INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY

19990308 Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Inter-Agency Videoconference for a World Free of Violence against Women, in New York on 8 March:

5 March 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/6917

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRONGLY ENDORSES DECISION TO CREATE BRCKO DISTRICT OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

19990305

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

5 March 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/6915

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES ROLE OF UNITED NATIONS IN NEXT MILLENNIUM, HELPING PEOPLE DEFINE AND IMPLEMENT COMMON GLOBAL ETHIC

19990305 Kofi Annan Tells UNIS/UN Student Conference, Bedrock of That Ethic Will Continue To Be Values Defined in UN Charter, Human Rights Declaration

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan's address to the United Nations International School (UNIS)/United Nations Student Conference, in New York today:

5 March 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/6916

SECRETARY-GENERAL PRAISES GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP OF LIONS CLUBS INTERNATIONAL

19990305

Following are remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the twenty- first Annual Lions Day with the United Nations, in New York on 5 March:

Thank you for those kind words. It is incredible to have so many Lions in one room. I am a tiger myself, in that I was born in the year of the tiger.

5 March 1999

Press Release
SG/SM/6914
WOM/1110

'DO NOT LET PEOPLE IN THIS GLASS HOUSE BECOME PEOPLE UNDER A GLASS CEILING', SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS PANEL ON OCCASION OF INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY

19990305 Kofi Annan Stresses Duty Of Every Manager To Encourage Women To Grow and Advance