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SG/SM/6528

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES PROMOTING ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL PROGRESS AS SHARED OBJECTIVE OF UNITED NATIONS AND BRETTON WOODS INSTITUTIONS

18 April 1998


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SG/SM/6528
ECOSOC/5751


SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES PROMOTING ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL PROGRESS AS SHARED OBJECTIVE OF UNITED NATIONS AND BRETTON WOODS INSTITUTIONS

19980418 CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY In Special Meeting of Economic and Social Council, Kofi Annan Calls For Keeping Benefits of Open Financial Markets while Reducing Risks of Crises

SG/SM/6526

SECRETARY-GENERAL REGRETS POL POT'S DEATH RULES OUT POSSIBILITY OF TRIAL

17 April 1998


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SG/SM/6526


SECRETARY-GENERAL REGRETS POL POT'S DEATH RULES OUT POSSIBILITY OF TRIAL

19980417 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General regrets that Pol Pot's death rules out the possibility of his trial under international law for crimes against humanity.

SG/SM/6520

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES AGREEMENT ON NORTHERN IRELAND

13 April 1998


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SG/SM/6520


SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES AGREEMENT ON NORTHERN IRELAND

19980413 The following statement was issued on Friday, 10 April, by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

The Secretary-General welcomes the agreement on Northern Ireland reached today in Belfast.

SG/SM/6519

TEAM INVESTIGATING DETENTION OF UN OFFICIAL IN KINSHASA TO SUSPEND ACTIVITIES

9 April 1998


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SG/SM/6519


TEAM INVESTIGATING DETENTION OF UN OFFICIAL IN KINSHASA TO SUSPEND ACTIVITIES

19980409 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan:

A preliminary report has been received from the head of the investigative team of the incident involving the detention in Kinshasa by the authorities of the Democratic Republic of the Congo of Christopher Harland, a United Nations human rights officer.