Statements and Messages

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.

8 December 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6822
OBV/82

8 December 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6825
HR/4391

PROTECTING HUMAN RIGHTS OF ONE INDIVIDUAL PROMOTES PEACE OF ALL HUMANITY, SECRETARY-GENERAL STATES AT UNESCO

19981208 Kofi Annan, Marking Fiftieth Anniversary of Universal Declaration, Stresses Human Rights as Development Priority, Not Just Political One

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:

7 December 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6821

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES DETERMINATION OF MEMBERS OF GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL TO SOLVE DISPUTES BY PEACEFUL MEANS, COMMENDS WISDOM OF OPTING FOR DIALOGUE

19981207 'Let Us Work Together for Peace', Kofi Annan Tells Summit Meeting of Gulf Cooperation Council

Following is the text of the statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the nineteenth Summit Meeting of the Gulf Cooperation Council, in Abu Dhabi on 7 November:

7 December 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6820
AFR/120

SECRETARY-GENERAL, WELCOMING RELEASE OF 14 UN PEACEKEEPERS IN ANGOLA, CALLS ON ALL CONCERNED TO PROCEED WITH IMPLEMENTATION OF LUSAKA PROTOCOL

19981207

Following is a statement attributable to the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan:

4 December 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6819

4 December 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6818
AFR/119

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS ON UNITA LEADERSHIP TO CLEAR WITHDRAWAL OF 14 PEACEKEEPERS DEPLOYED TO ITS STRONGHOLD OF ANDULO AND BAILUNDO

19981204 The following is a statement issued today attributable to the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

2 December 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6816

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES COOPERATION IN PREVENTION OF CONFLICT IN STATEMENT TO OSCE MINISTERIAL MEETING

19981202 Following is the statement of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Seventh Meeting of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Ministerial Council, delivered on his behalf by the Director-General of the United Nations Office in Geneva, Vladimir Petrovsky, in Oslo on 2 December: