Statements and Messages

14 September 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6697
PI/1079

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR NEW UNITED NATIONS-NGO PARTNERSHIP AMIDST ONGOING HUMAN RIGHTS REVOLUTION

19980914

Addressing Annual DPI-NGO Conference, Credits NGOs with Championing Human Rights

The following is the text of the statement given today by Secretary- General Kofi Annan to the annual DPI-NGO Conference which began at Headquarters:

11 September 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6696

SECRETARY-GENERAL PAYS HOMAGE TO NINE UNITED NATIONS WORKERS KILLED IN CRASH OF SWISSAIR FLIGHT 111

19980911 Tragedy Gives Occasion To Reflect on Work Of 'United Nations Family' in Fight for Good, Peace and Life

The following is the text of the statement given today by Secretary- General Kofi Annan at the memorial service for the victims of the Swissair flight 111 air crash:

10 September 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6695

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS ON CAMBODIAN LEADERS TO RESOLVE DIFFERENCES THROUGH DIALOGUE, PREVENT FURTHER VIOLENCE

19980910 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan:

8 September 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6693
AFR/96

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES SUCCESSFUL OUTCOME OF MEETING ON CRISIS IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO CONCLUDING TODAY IN ZIMBABWE

19980908 Delegation of Secretary-General to Join Defence Ministers in Addis Ababa 10 September to Establish Modalities and Monitoring of Immediate Cease-fire

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

4 September 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6692
OBV/56

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPEALS TO LEADERS OF NATIONS IN WAR TO SET ASIDE THEIR OWN AMBITIONS

19980904 Resist Temptation To Seek Glory Through Conquest, He Says in International Peace Day Message

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's message on the occasion of International Peace Day, 9 September:

4 September 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6690

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES PARLIAMENTARIANS TO DO MORE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND SUSTAINABLE WATER CONSUMPTION

19980904 ADVANCE TEXT

The following is the text of a message from Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the one-hundredth Inter-Parliamentary Conference meeting in Moscow from 7 to 11 September, to be delivered on his behalf by Vladimir Petrovsky, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva (embargoed until 8.30 a.m. GMT, 7 September):

4 September 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6691
OBV/55

INVESTMENT IN LITERACY AND EDUCATION CAN YIELD BEST OF ALL RETURNS, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN INTERNATIONAL DAY MESSAGE

19980904 Despite Recent Gains, Twin Goals of Universal Literacy and Equal Access to Education Remain Unmet

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's message on the occasion of International Literacy Day, 8 September:

3 September 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6689

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXTENDS SYMPATHY TO THE FAMILIES OF VICTIMS OF LAST NIGHT'S AIR DISASTER

19980903 United Nations Staff Members Among More Than 200 Killed

The following is the text of a statement issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

2 September 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6687
L/2896

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES RWANDA TRIBUNAL'S GENOCIDE JUDGEMENT AS LANDMARK IN INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL LAW

19980902 The following statement was issued today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

2 September 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6688

SECRETARY-GENERAL CITES NEED FOR GLOBAL ANSWERS TO GLOBAL QUESTIONS, IN ADDRESS TO NON-ALIGNED SUMMIT

19980902

Following is the text of an address given today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), meeting at Durban: