Statements and Messages

15 September 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6328

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES PRAYERS FOR SUCCESS OF UNITED NATIONS WORK FOR WORLD'S PEOPLES, AT SERVICE ON EVE OF ASSEMBLY SESSION

19970915 Following is the text of remarks made today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the prayer service at the Holy Family Church, for the occasion of the opening of the fifty-second session of the General Assembly:

15 September 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6326
DC/2590

15 September 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6327

PARLIAMENTS HAVE 'CLEAR ROLE' IN ADVANCING ISSUES OF INTERNATIONAL CONCERN, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN MESSAGE TO INTER-PARLIAMENTARY UNION

19970915 Following is the text of a message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the 98th Inter-Parliamentary Conference held at Cairo from 11 to 15 September. It was delivered on his behalf by Vladimir Petrovsky, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva:

15 September 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6325

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES PARTICIPATION IN 'THE GREAT PROJECT OF INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION FOR PEACE', IN ADDRESS AT CEDAR CREST COLLEGE

19970915 Following is the text of an address given by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at Cedar Crest College, in Allentown, Pennsylvania on 13 September:

12 September 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6324
OBV/10

BUILDING PEACE REQUIRES PARTICIPATION BY ALL CITIZENS, NATIONS, CONTINENTS, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN 'INTERNATIONAL PEACE DAY' MESSAGE

19970912 Following is the text of a message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the occasion of the International Day of Peace, 16 September:

12 September 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6322

STAFF'S PERSEVERANCE IN MONTHS AHEAD WILL BE CRITICAL FOR SUCCESS OF HIS REFORM PACKAGE, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

19970912 'Let Us Be Proud to Work and Represent This Unique and Irreplaceable Instrument of Common Progress', Kofi Annan States on Occasion of Staff Day

Following is the statement of Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the occasion of United Nations Staff Day, which is being observed today:

12 September 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6323
ENV/DEV/446

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES CONTINUED VIGILANCE IN SAFEGUARDING ENVIRONMENT, IN MESSAGE FOR INTERNATIONAL DAY ON PRESERVATION OF OZONE LAYER

19970912 Following is the text of a message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the occasion of the International Day for Preservation of the Ozone Layer, 16 September:

11 September 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6321

TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI ANNAN AT UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS ON 11 SEPTEMBER

19970911

SECRETARY-GENERAL: Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Excuse me -— I swallowed the wrong way just as I was introduced, and I can assure you it was not nervousness.

10 September 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6320
PI/1027

SECRETARY-GENERAL CITES 'PROFOUND CHANGE' IN ROLE OF NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS, IN OPENING ADDRESS TO FIFTIETH DPI/NGO CONFERENCE

19970910 Calls United Nations/NGO Partnership 'Not an Option But a Necessity' for Effectively Addressing New Global Agenda

5 September 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6319

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES DEEP SADNESS AT DEATH OF MOTHER THERESA

19970905 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan: