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SG/SM/6450

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMON LANGUAGE OF HUMANITY, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN MESSAGE LAUNCHING SEASON OF NON-VIOLENCE

30 January 1998


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HUMAN RIGHTS COMMON LANGUAGE OF HUMANITY, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN MESSAGE LAUNCHING SEASON OF NON-VIOLENCE

19980130 Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's message, delivered today by the Assistant Secretary-General for External Relations, Gillian Martin Sorensen, at the launching of "a season of non-violence":

SG/SM/6447

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES NOMINATION OF GRO HARLEM BRUNDTLAND AS NEXT DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION

27 January 1998


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SG/SM/6447
SAG/1*


SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES NOMINATION OF GRO HARLEM BRUNDTLAND AS NEXT DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION

19980127 The following was issued by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General welcomes the nomination of Dr. Gro Harlem Brundtland as the next Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO).

SG/SM/6445

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEPLORES ATTEMPTS TO DIVIDE HUMAN BEINGS ON RELIGIOUS AND ETHNIC GROUNDS

26 January 1998


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SG/SM/6445


SECRETARY-GENERAL DEPLORES ATTEMPTS TO DIVIDE HUMAN BEINGS ON RELIGIOUS AND ETHNIC GROUNDS

19980126 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General has learned with outrage of the news of a bomb attack on a major Buddhist shrine in Kandy, Sri Lanka, on 25 January, and the resulting loss of life and destruction.

SG/SM/6444

SECRETARY-GENERAL TO DEPART ON ONE-WEEK EUROPEAN TRIP 26 JANUARY

23 January 1998


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SG/SM/6444


SECRETARY-GENERAL TO DEPART ON ONE-WEEK EUROPEAN TRIP 26 JANUARY

19980123 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan:

On Monday, 26 January, the Secretary-General will be departing on a trip to Paris, London and Davos, Switzerland.

SG/SM/6443

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES UNITED NATIONS ESSENTIAL ROLE AND PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY IN DISARMAMENT FIELD

20 January 1998


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SG/SM/6443
DCF/318


SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES UNITED NATIONS ESSENTIAL ROLE AND PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY IN DISARMAMENT FIELD

19980120

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the occasion of the opening today of the 1998 session of the Conference on Disarmament, which was delivered on his behalf by Vladimir Petrovsky, his Personal Representative and Secretary-General of the Conference:

SG/SM/6441

NOBODY SPOKE MORE CLEARLY, MORE CONSISTENTLY, MORE CONVINCINGLY OF IDEALS OF PEACE, DIGNITY AND JUSTICE THAN MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.

19 January 1998


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SG/SM/6441


NOBODY SPOKE MORE CLEARLY, MORE CONSISTENTLY, MORE CONVINCINGLY OF IDEALS OF PEACE, DIGNITY AND JUSTICE THAN MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.

19980119 Secretary-General Kofi Annan States, on Occasion Of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, in Event at Brooklyn Academy of Music

Following is the statement of Secretary-General Kofi Annan delivered at the Brooklyn Academy of Music on the occasion of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, 19 January: