Statements and Messages

17 March 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6488

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN GENEVA, THANKS STAFF FOR SUPPORT

19980317 The following statement was made this morning by Secretary-General Kofi Annan upon arrival at the Palais des Nations, where he was met by a large gathering of the staff of the United Nations Office at Geneva.

Bonjour mes amis. This is a real homecoming.

17 March 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6492
HR/4356

HUMAN RIGHTS 'MUST BE PURSUED TO THE VERY END', SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS AT GENEVA FORUM

19980317 Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's statement delivered at the opening of the Forum on Mainstreaming Human Rights in the United Nations in Geneva on Monday, 16 March:

16 March 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6487/Rev.1*
HR/4355/Rev.1*

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS PREVENTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS MUST MARK TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY

19980316 Addressing Opening of Human Rights Commission's Session, Stresses Need to Uphold Universal Declaration on Human Rights

Following is the text of the statement today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the opening of the fifty-fourth session of the Commission on Human Rights in Geneva:

16 March 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6487
HR/4355

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS PREVENTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS MUST MARK TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY

19980316 Addressing Opening of Human Rights Commission's Session, Stresses Need to Uphold Universal Declaration on Human Rights

Following is the text of the statement today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the opening of the fifty-fourth session of the Commission on Human Rights in Geneva:

13 March 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6486

SECRETARY-GENERAL REGRETS CONTINUING STALEMATE IN ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN PEACE-PROCESS, IN MESSAGE TO OIC FOREIGN MINISTERS

19980313 Kofi Annan Says He Will Call on Parties to Persevere, Fulfil Commitments under Oslo Accords, in Official Visit to Region Later This Month

13 March 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6485

PRESS CONFERENCE BY SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI ANNAN AND UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR COMMUNICATIONS AND PUBLIC INFORMATION KENSAKU HOGEN AT HEADQUARTERS, 13 MARCH

19980313

12 March 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6484
HR/4354

IT IS TIME TO BRING MESSAGE OF HUMAN RIGHTS TO FRUITION FOR ALL PEOPLE, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS AT AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE

19980312 CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY Human Rights Declaration, Genocide Convention Anchors of International Human Rights Regime

12 March 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6482

TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI ANNAN AT THE NATIONAL PRESS CLUB, WASHINGTON D.C., 12 MARCH

19980312

12 March 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6483
WOM/1047

SECRETARY-GENERAL CITES UNITED NATIONS ROLE IN HIGHLIGHTING EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN AS MEANS OF EMPOWERING WHOLE NATION

19980312 Following is the text of a statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the Convention for the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, delivered in Washington, D.C., on 11 March:

10 March 1998

Press Release
SG/SM/6481
AFR/44

SECRETARY-GENERAL PLEDGES SUPPORT OF UNITED NATIONS IN HELPING SIERRA LEONE LEAVE BEHIND UNFORTUNATE CHAPTER IN COUNTRY'S HISTORY

19980310 Welcoming Return of President Kabbah to Sierra Leone, Kofi Annan Says Restoration of Elected Government Strengthens Democracy in Africa