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SG/SM/6597

UN SECRETARY-GENERAL DECLARES OVERRIDING INTEREST OF INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT CONFERENCE MUST BE THAT OF VICTIMS AND WORLD COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE

15 June 1998


Press Release
SG/SM/6597
L/2871


UN SECRETARY-GENERAL DECLARES OVERRIDING INTEREST OF INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT CONFERENCE MUST BE THAT OF VICTIMS AND WORLD COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE

19980615 Opening Five-Week Rome Meeting, He Says Court Must Be Instrument Of Justice, Not Expediency; It Must Save Lives, Serve as Bulwark against Evil

(Reissued as received.)

SG/SM/6596

SECRETARY-GENERAL, REFERRING TO UPCOMING ARUSHA TALKS ON BURUNDI, URGES ALL PARTIES TO ACT IN SPIRIT OF RECONCILIATION

12 June 1998


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SG/SM/6596
AFR/73


SECRETARY-GENERAL, REFERRING TO UPCOMING ARUSHA TALKS ON BURUNDI, URGES ALL PARTIES TO ACT IN SPIRIT OF RECONCILIATION

19980612 The following was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

On Monday, 15 June, in Arusha, United Republic of Tanzania, the Burundi parties will start talks under the guidance of Mwalimu Julius Nyerere.

SG/SM/6595

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS COMICS CAN EDUCATE EVEN AS THEY ENTERTAIN

11 June 1998


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SG/SM/6595


SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS COMICS CAN EDUCATE EVEN AS THEY ENTERTAIN

19980611 Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's statement delivered today at the ceremony announcing the release of a mine-awareness comic book for the children of Costa Rica, Honduras and Nicaragua:

We are here to celebrate the publication of a comic book. But our subject is no laughing matter.

SG/SM/6594

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS CONCLUSION OF ASSEMBLY SPECIAL SESSION MARKS NEW CHAPTER IN GLOBAL DRUG CONTROL

10 June 1998


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SG/SM/6594
GA/9424


SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS CONCLUSION OF ASSEMBLY SPECIAL SESSION MARKS NEW CHAPTER IN GLOBAL DRUG CONTROL

19980610 Following is the text of the statement delivered by Pino Arlacchi, Executive Director of the United Nations International Drug Control Programme (UNDCP), on behalf of Secretary-General Kofi Annan, at the closing tonight of the twentieth special session of the General Assembly devoted to countering the world drug problem together:

SG/SM/6592

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR EARLY RESTORATION OF CONSTITUTIONAL POLITICAL DIALOGUE IN GUINEA-BISSAU

10 June 1998


Press Release
SG/SM/6592


SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR EARLY RESTORATION OF CONSTITUTIONAL POLITICAL DIALOGUE IN GUINEA-BISSAU

19980610 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General has been following with growing concern developments in Guinea-Bissau, where on 7 June fighting erupted between government forces and army rebels.

SG/SM/6593

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS NEW YORK CONVENTION SERVES AS MODEL FOR SUBSEQUENT LEGISLATIVE TEXTS ON ARBITRATION

10 June 1998


Press Release
SG/SM/6593
L/2868


SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS NEW YORK CONVENTION SERVES AS MODEL FOR SUBSEQUENT LEGISLATIVE TEXTS ON ARBITRATION

19980610 Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's address delivered today at the New York Convention Day:

It gives me pleasure to welcome you to this special meeting of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) devoted to the New York Convention.