Statements and Messages

7 July 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6278

STATEMENT BY SECRETARY-GENERAL ON CAMBODIA

19970707 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan:

7 July 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6279
L/2834

REMARKS OF SECRETARY-GENERAL TO FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY SESSION OF INTERNATIONAL LAW COMMISSION

19970707 GENEVA, 4 July (UN Information Service) -- Following are the remarks made today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the forty-ninth session of the International Law Commission held at Geneva.

3 July 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6276

TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI ANNAN AT UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT GENEVA ON 3 JULY

19970703

3 July 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6274
ECOSOC/5706

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS REFORM TO BE JUDGED BY HOW IT STRENGTHENS UN ABILITY TO ADDRESS, THROUGH DEVELOPMENT, ROOT CAUSES OF POVERTY AND CONFLICT

19970703 Addressing Economic and Social Council, Kofi Annan Cites 'Efficiency Dividend' -- Redeployment of Administrative Savings to Development Activities

3 July 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6275
OBV/8

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES CONTRIBUTION OF COOPERATIVES TO GOALS OF DEVELOPMENT AND SOLIDARITY ON OCCASION OF INTERNATIONAL DAY

19970703

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the occasion of the International Day of Cooperatives, which is observed on the first Saturday of July every year:

30 June 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6273

SECRETARY-GENERAL WISHES PROSPEROUS, SUCCESSFUL FUTURE TO PEOPLE OF HONG KONG

19970630 Kofi Annan Calls Peaceful Transfer of Sovereignty Over Hong Kong to China 'Milestone in Long History of Decolonization'

Following is the statement of Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the resumption of Chinese sovereignty over Hong Kong issued today:

27 June 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6272

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES 'NEW ERA OF PARTNERSHIP' BETWEEN UNITED NATIONS AND CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY

19970627 CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY In Statement to Eighteenth Meeting Of Conference of CARICOM Heads of Government in Jamaica

24 June 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6271

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPALLED AND OUTRAGED BY ACTIONS OF UN PEACE-KEEPING SOLDIERS IN SOMALIA

19970624 The following statement was issued by Secretary-General Kofi Annan yesterday, 23 June:

23 June 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6268

'IF INFORMATION AND KNOWLEDGE ARE CENTRAL TO DEMOCRACY, THEY ARE CONDITIONS FOR DEVELOPMENT', SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

19970623 In Address to World Bank Conference 'Global Knowledge '97 Kofi Annan Also Stresses Challenge of Making Information Available to All

Following is the text of the address by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the World Bank conference "Global Knowledge '97", in Toronto, Canada, on 22 June:

23 June 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6269
GA/9260

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR ACTION IN UNPRECEDENTED WAYS TO IMPLEMENT 'UNPRECEDENTED' AGENDA 21

19970623 In Address to Assembly's Special Session, Kofi Annan Says 'Failure to Act Now Could Damage our Planet Irreversibly'

Following is the text of the address by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the special session of the General Assembly to review implementation of Agenda 21, in New York this morning: