Statements and Messages

16 October 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6361

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONCERNED AT REPORTS OF INCREASED TENSION BETWEEN GREEK, TURKISH FORCES

19971016 Cites Military Exercises in Cyprus, Eastern Mediterranean; Calls on Parties to Create Climate for Reconciliation, Confidence

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

16 October 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6362
OBV/15

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES ACTION TO REDUCE GLOBAL HUNGER BY HALF BY 2015, IN WORLD FOOD DAY MESSAGE

19971016 ADVANCE TEXT Following is the text of a statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the occasion of World Food Day (16 October), to be delivered at a special ceremony at United Nations Headquarters on 21 October:

World Food Day once again serves to remind us that something so basic remains so distant for so many.

15 October 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6360
OBV/14

SOME ENJOY UNIMAGINED WEALTH, OTHERS STILL ENDURE INTOLERABLE DEPRIVATION, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL, OBSERVING DAY FOR POVERTY ERADICATION

19971015 Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's message on the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, observed on 17 October 1997.

15 October 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6358

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPALLED BY BOMB ATTACK IN SRI LANKA

19971015 Following is the text of a statement attributable to the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General is appalled by the news of the bomb attack in Colombo, Sri Lanka, this morning and the resulting loss of life and destruction of property.

15 October 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6359

AS GUIDE TO FUTURE, HISTORY MUST BE SEEN THROUGH 'MORAL PRISM', SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL TO BENEFIT DINNER IN NEW YORK

19971015 Following is the text of the statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the fourth annual benefit dinner, hosted by Lehman Brothers, for the Facing History and Ourselves programme, delivered in New York on 14 October.

13 October 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6356
REF/1160

13 October 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6357
ORG/1251

SECRETARY-GENERAL SETS UP IRAQ PROGRAMME OFFICE TO CONSOLIDATE ACTIVITIES PURSUANT TO SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS

19971013 This statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

10 October 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6355
REF/1159

SECRETARY-GENERAL, UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES AGREE SHE WILL CONTINUE IN CURRENT POST

19971010

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

10 October 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6354

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS NOBEL PEACE PRIZE TO INTERNATIONAL CAMPAIGN TO BAN LANDMINES IS 'WELL DESERVED HONOUR'

19971010

The following message was issued today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

I was really delighted by the announcement today to award the Nobel Peace Prize to the International Campaign to Ban Landmines.

9 October 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6353
PKO/63

SECRETARY-GENERAL PAYS TRIBUTE TO FIVE AMERICAN VICTIMS OF HELICOPTER CRASH IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

19971009 Address Delivered at Memorial Service in Washington, D.C., Also Remembers British, Polish, German Nationals Who Died in Accident