Statements and Messages

11 December 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6835

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES HOPE IRAN AND UNITED ARAB EMIRATES WILL MAKE RENEWED BILATERAL EFFORT ON ISSUE OF ABU MUSA, GREATER AND LESSER TUNB

19981211 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan:

There have been press reports about an alleged mediation offer by the Secretary-General on the issue of Abu Musa and the Greater and Lesser Tunb Islands.

10 December 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6828
HR/4394

IN MESSAGE TO 'HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS' AT PARIS CEREMONY, SECRETARY-GENERAL HONOURS FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF UNIVERSAL DECLARATION

19981210 CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY Video Address to Palais de Chaillot, Site of 1948 Signing, Pays Tribute to 'Living Document' Foreseen by Eleanor Roosevelt and René Cassin

10 December 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6831
HR/4399

THROUGH WEBSITE LAUNCH, UNIVERSAL DECLARATION HAS BEEN GIVEN MEANS TO TRAVEL ANY DISTANCE AT LIGHT SPEED, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

19981210 CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY Following is the text of remarks made this evening by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the occasion of the launch of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights Website:

10 December 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6829
PI/1104

POISON OF IGNORANCE LIES AT HEART OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS, SECRETARY-GENERAL STATES AT OPENING OF DPI EXHIBIT

19981210 CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY Kofi Annan Stresses Importance of Human Rights Education

10 December 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6827
HR/4393

WITHOUT HUMAN RIGHTS, NO PEACE OR PROSPERITY CAN ENDURE, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS ASSEMBLY COMMEMORATION

19981210 CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY Anniversary of Universal Declaration Said To Mark Half Century Of Human Hope at End of Century of Human Loss, but Long Journey Ahead

10 December 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6832
HR/4400

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS MUSIC OF PAVAROTTI AND MARSALIS SHOULD INSPIRE ALL TO DO MORE FOR THOSE WHOSE HUMAN RIGHTS HAVE YET TO BE FULFILLED

19981210 CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY Following is the text of remarks made this evening by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the occasion of a recital by Luciano Pavarotti and Wynton Marsalis marking the fiftieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights:

10 December 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6830
HR/4397

WONDERFUL THING ABOUT CHILDREN IS THEIR VIEW OF RIGHTS OF ALL PEOPLE TO LIVE IN FREEDOM, PEACE 'AS SOMETHING OBVIOUS', SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

19981210 CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY 'I Want You To Keep Believing That', Kofi Annan Stresses During Presentation of Children's Universal Declaration of Human Rights Passport

8 December 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6823

FACED WITH PROFOUND GLOBAL TRANSFORMATIONS UN CAN BE WORLD'S 'CONSCIENCE', SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN ADDRESS TO FRENCH NATIONAL ASSEMBLY

19981208 Following is the text of the address delivered by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the French National Assembly in Paris on 8 December:

8 December 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6826

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPLAUDS PETITION WITH TEN MILLION SIGNATURES SUPPORTING UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS

19981208 Tells Anniversary Event in Paris, 'Tidal Wave' Response Shows Strength Of Partnership Between United Nations, Civil Society and Private Sector

8 December 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6824

SECRETARY-GENERAL, SHOCKED BY REPORTS OF HOSTAGE DECAPITATIONS IN CHECHNYA, CONTINUES EFFORTS TO OBTAIN RELEASE OF VINCENT COCHETEL

19981208 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General was shocked to hear news reports that four foreign hostages were found decapitated in Chechnya, a region where kidnappings have become common.