Meetings Coverage and Press Releases

Statements and Messages

SG/SM/6155

SAFEGUARDING ENVIRONMENT TRANSCENDS DIVISIONS, COMPELS LONG-TERM COOPERATION, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO UNEP GOVERNING COUNCIL

5 February 1997


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HE/945


SAFEGUARDING ENVIRONMENT TRANSCENDS DIVISIONS, COMPELS LONG-TERM COOPERATION, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO UNEP GOVERNING COUNCIL

19970205

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan, delivered on his behalf by Under-Secretary-General Nitin Desai, to the high-level segment of the nineteenth session of the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), which is meeting in Nairobi from 5 to 7 February:

SG/SM/6154

SECRETARY-GENERAL'S STATEMENT ON MID-AIR COLLISION IN ISR"L

4 February 1997


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SG/SM/6154


SECRETARY-GENERAL'S STATEMENT ON MID-AIR COLLISION IN ISRAEL

19970204 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General learned with regret of the mid-air collision of two Israeli transport helicopters over northern Israel tonight, with loss of over 70 lives.

SG/SM/6153

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN ADDRESS TO WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM, STRESSES STRENGTHENED PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN UNITED NATIONS, PRIVATE SECTOR

31 January 1997


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SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN ADDRESS TO WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM, STRESSES STRENGTHENED PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN UNITED NATIONS, PRIVATE SECTOR

19970131 ADVANCE RELEASE Says Market Capitalism Threatened `from within Itself'; Will Succeed Only by Promoting Both Prosperity and Justice

Following is the address of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on 1 February 1997:

SG/SM/6151

WEAPONS DO NOT CAUSE WAR, BUT EXCESS OF ARMS BREEDS MISTRUST, HEIGHTENS TENSIONS AND LEADS TO CONFLICT, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS DISARMAMENT CONFERENCE

29 January 1997


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SG/SM/6151
DCF/284


WEAPONS DO NOT CAUSE WAR, BUT EXCESS OF ARMS BREEDS MISTRUST, HEIGHTENS TENSIONS AND LEADS TO CONFLICT, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS DISARMAMENT CONFERENCE

19970129 CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY No Institution Is Better Qualified To Translate Quest for Peace into Practical Measures, Kofi Annan Says

This is the text of the statement to be delivered by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva, tomorrow, 30 January:

SG/SM/6149

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES NEED FOR PARTNERSHIP, BUILDING CONSENSUS FOR UN REFORM TO SUCCEED, IN ADDRESS TO NATIONAL PRESS CLUB

24 January 1997


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SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES NEED FOR PARTNERSHIP, BUILDING CONSENSUS FOR UN REFORM TO SUCCEED, IN ADDRESS TO NATIONAL PRESS CLUB

19970124 Kofi Annan Says 'We Are Not Some Remote Foreign Body, UN Is Part of Your Daily Life'; Emphasizes that Time for Reform Is Now

This is the text of the statement delivered today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the National Press Club, in Washington, D.C.: