Statements and Messages

2 December 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6410
DC/2595

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES CONVENTION BANNING LANDMINES AS `LANDMARK STEP IN HISTORY OF DISARMAMENT'

19971202 ADVANCE RELEASE International Community Must Now Focus on Mine-Clearance, To Prevent `Hollow Victory', He Tells Signing Ceremony in Ottawa

1 December 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6409
GA/EF/2802

SUCCESS IN IMPLEMENTING AGENDA FOR DEVELOPMENT DEPENDS ON TACKLING ITS SCOPE AND COMPLEXITY, POLITICAL WILL AND REFORM, SECRETARY-GENERAL STATES

19971201 In Address to Assembly's Second Committee, Kofi Annan Stresses Business Sector and Civil Society's Contributions to Development Effort

1 December 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6408
OBV/24

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES FIRM COMMITMENT OF UNITED NATIONS IN SUPPORT OF MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS

19971201 CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY On International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian People, Kofi Annan Says Essential to Create Political, Economic Conditions for Peace

Following is the statement of Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the occasion of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, observed today:

28 November 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6407

FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF PALESTINE PARTITION PLAN'S ADOPTION OCCASION TO REFLECT ON PURSUIT OF PEACE, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

19971128 ADVANCE RELEASE Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan, to be delivered on his behalf by the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, Vladimir Petrovsky, in Tel Aviv, Israel, at a ceremony organized by the municipality of Tel Aviv on 29 November:

28 November 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6406
SOC/4427

SECRETARY-GENERAL'S MESSAGE ON INTERNATIONAL DAY OF DISABLED PERSONS CITES DISCRIMINATION AGAINST 'WORLD'S LARGEST MINORITY'

19971128 ADVANCE TEXT Following is the text of the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the occasion of the International Day of Disabled Persons, 3 December:

25 November 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6405
AFR/32

SECRETARY-GENERAL POSTPONES FOR 48 HOURS DECISION ON WITHDRAWAL OF CONGO INVESTIGATIVE TEAM

19971125 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan:

I can confirm that this morning the Secretary-General was on the verge of pulling out his human rights investigative team from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

24 November 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6404

FAILURE OF CONGRESS TO ACT ON PAYMENT OF ARREARS RAISES TROUBLING QUESTIONS ABOUT UNITED STATES, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS AT PRINCETON UNIVERSITY

19971124 CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's address on "Tomorrow's United Nations" to be delivered tonight at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University:

21 November 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6395

SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI ANNAN HAILS FRENCH-SPEAKING COMMUNITY'S COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY AT TIME OF INCREASING GLOBALIZATION

19971121 The following is a message, translated from French, from Secretary- General Kofi Annan which was read out on 14 November by former United Nations Secretary-General Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, at the Francophone Summit in Hanoi:

20 November 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6403
IK/231

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES OUTCOME OF DIPLOMATIC EFFORTS ON IRAQ

19971120 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General was pleased to hear the outcome of the diplomatic efforts on Iraq announced in Geneva early this morning.

20 November 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6402
OBV/22

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS OBSERVANCE OF AFRICA INDUSTRIALIZATION DAY OCCURS AT TIME OF RISING HOPES FOR MUCH OF CONTINENT

19971120 Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's statement on Africa Industrialization Day delivered today in the General Assembly Hall: