Statements and Messages

11 May 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6556

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES DISTRESS AT MURDER OF DAUGHTER OF YEMEN'S DEPUTY PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE

19980511

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

11 May 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6557
REF/1161

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES REGIONAL EFFORTS TO SOLVE PROBLEM OF FORCED DISPLACEMENT IN GREAT LAKES REGION

19980511

Following is the text of remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at a regional meeting on refugee issues in the Great Lakes Region, in Kampala, on 9 May:

7 May 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6553
AFR/57

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES SATISFACTION OVER PROGRESS IN IGAD-SPONSORED PEACE TALKS AMONG PARTIES TO CONFLICT IN SUDAN

19980507

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

6 May 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6552
AFR/56

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN 'MISSION OF HEALING' TO RWANDA, PLEDGES SUPPORT OF UNITED NATIONS FOR COUNTRY'S SEARCH FOR PEACE AND PROGRESS

19980506 CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY 'We Will Not Deny That, in Their Greatest Hour of Need, The World Failed the People of Rwanda', Kofi Annan Tells Parliament in Kigali

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's address to the Parliament of Rwanda, in Kigali on 7 May:

5 May 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6548

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS ON TAJIKISTAN GOVERNMENT, UNITED TAJIK OPPOSITION, TO END RENEWED FIGHTING

19980505 Following is the text of a statement attributable to the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan, issued on 1 May:

5 May 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6549

SECRETARY-GENERAL REGRETS THAT PAYMENT OF UNITED STATES ARREARS REMAINS UNCERTAIN OWING TO 'EXTRANEOUS MATTER'

19980505 Following is the text of a statement attributable to the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan, issued on 1 May:

5 May 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6550

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES SADNESS AT DEATH OF VETERAN BROADCAST JOURNALIST, LOU CIOFFI

19980505 Following is the text of a statement attributable to the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

4 May 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6546

NATIONAL ASSEMBLY IS "SACRED PLACE", SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS AT LUNCHEON IN NAIROBI

19980504 Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's toast at a luncheon today hosted by the Speaker of the National Assembly of Kenya, Francis X. Ole Kaparo, on Nairobi:

4 May 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6547

TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI ANNAN IN GIGIRI, KENYA, ON 4 MAY 1998

19980504

The SECRETARY-GENERAL: I am grateful to President Moi and to the Kenyan Government for their generous hospitality and for what they are doing to facilitate the work of the United Nations.

4 May 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6545
AFR/54

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS FUNDAMENTAL FAILURE TO PREVENT RWANDA GENOCIDE WAS LACK OF POLITICAL WILL, NOT LACK OF INFORMATION

19980504 The following statement, concerning an article on Rwanda in the current issue of The New Yorker, was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan:

Philip Gourevitch's article on Rwanda in the current issue of The New Yorker raises important questions.