Statements and Messages

24 December 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6429

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRONGLY CONDEMNS MASSACRE IN CHIAPAS, MEXICO

19971224 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for the Secretary-General:

19 December 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6428
ORG/1258

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES ADOPTION OF SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION ON PROPOSED REFORMS OF UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION

19971219 Noting Establishment of Deputy Secretary-General Post, Expresses Hope that, after Consultations, `She will Join Us Early in New Year'

18 December 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6427

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES IMPORTANCE OF UNITED NATIONS RELATIONSHIP WITH ORGANIZATION FOR SECURITY AND COOPERATION IN EUROPE

19971218 Addresses Sixth Meeting of OSCE Ministerial Council

Following is the text of a message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Sixth Meeting of the Ministerial Council of the OrganiZation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), meeting at Copenhagen on 18 and 19 December:

17 December 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6426

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES AGREEMENT BETWEEN BANGLADESH GOVERNMENT AND PCJSS, TRIBAL PEOPLES ORGANIZATION

19971217 Following is the text of a statement attributable to the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

16 December 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6425

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR STRENGTHENED MULTILATERALISM TO ANSWER THOSE WHO SAY 'CLASH OF CIVILIZATIONS' IS INEVITABLE

19971216 Addressing Institute for Diplomacy and Foreign Relations in Kuala Lumpur, Kofi Annan Praises Malaysia as Voice of 'an Outward-Looking Country'

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's address to the Institute for Diplomacy and Foreign Relations, in Kuala Lumpur today:

15 December 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6423
AFR/34

ECOWAS SUMMIT DEMONSTRATES WEST AFRICAN STATES' DETERMINATION TO ADDRESS SUBREGION'S CHALLENGES, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN MESSAGE

19971215 Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's message, to be delivered by his Special Envoy to Sierra Leone, Francis Okelo, at the extraordinary summit of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to be held in Lome, from 16 to 17 December:

15 December 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6424

GREECE AND FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA MEET

19971215 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan:

12 December 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6421

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS EDUCATION ONE OF MOST EFFECTIVE FORMS OF DEFENCE SPENDING, IN ADDRESS AT UNIVERSITY OF KUWAIT

19971212 ADVANCE TEXT Following is a statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan, to be delivered at the University of Kuwait on 13 December:

12 December 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6422

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES PROFOUND SHOCK AT 'SAVAGERY' OF ATTACK AT MUDENDE CAMP IN NORTH-WESTERN RWANDA

19971212 Massacre Described as 'Brutal Reminder' of 1994 Genocide; Respect for Security of Vulnerable, Defenceless Refugees Demanded

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

11 December 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6420
ENV/DEV/457

KYOTO PROTOCOL ON CLIMATE CHANGE IS SOUND FOUNDATION FOR GLOBAL COOPERATIVE STRATEGY TO PROTECT COMMON ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCE, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

19971211 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan: