Statements and Messages

16 June 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6258

SECRETARY-GENERAL MEETS WITH FOREIGN MINISTER OF GUATEMALA

19970616 The following statement was issued on Friday, 13 June, by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

The Secretary-General met today with Eduardo Stein Barillas, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Guatemala. The Secretary-General and the Minister discussed the presence of the United Nations in Guatemala.

12 June 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6257

INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT PROMISES UNIVERSAL JUSTICE, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS INTERNATIONAL BAR ASSOCIATION

19970612 Kofi Annan Says Genocide, 'Now Word of Our Time', Is Heinous Reality Calling for Historic Response

Following is the statement of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the International Bar Association in New York on 11 June:

12 June 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6255

TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI ANNAN AT UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS ON 12 JUNE

19970612

12 June 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6256
AFR/12

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES GENEVA CONFERENCE TO MAKE LIBERIA 'A MODEL OF POST-CONFLICT RECONSTRUCTION'

19970612 Following is the text of the message of Secretary-General Kofi A. Annan to the opening today in Geneva of the Special Conference to Support the Peace Process in Liberia:

11 June 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6254
AFR/10

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER DETERIORATING SITUATION IN CONGO, BRAZZAVILLE

19970611 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General is increasingly concerned about the deteriorating situation in Congo, Brazzaville, and the rising human toll of this conflict.

10 June 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6252

SECRETARY-GENERAL ASKS DISARMAMENT BOARD TO EXPLORE SECURITY CHALLENGES OF TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY, RE-EVALUATE UNITED NATIONS ROLE

19970610 ADVANCE TEXT

Following is the statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters at Headquarters today:

It is a great pleasure for me to welcome you to New York for this twenty-ninth session of the Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters.

10 June 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6253
POP/648

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES 1997 LAUREATES AT UN POPULATION AWARD CEREMONY

19970610 CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY Elizabeth Aguirre de Calderon Sol from El Salvador, Toshio Kuroda from Japan, Mechai Viravaidya from Thailand Winners of 1997 Award

Following is the statement of Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the 1997 United Nations Population Award Ceremony, at Headquarters today:

9 June 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6251
GA/PAL/759

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES HOPE THAT PARTIES IN MIDDLE EAST WILL INTENSIFY EFFORTS TO OVERCOME OBSTACLES TO SPEEDY RETURN TO PEACE PROCESS

19970609 In Statement to Special Meeting of Palestinian Rights Committee in Commemoration of Thirtieth Anniversary of Occupation

6 June 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6249

IN REMARKS AT KENNEDY LIBRARY, KOFI ANNAN RECALLS PRESIDENT'S WORDS IN INAUGURAL ADDRESS -- TO UN 'WE RENEW OUR PLEDGE OF SUPPORT'

19970606 Secretary-General Stresses 'Our Enemy Is Indifference', Belief That There Are Many Worlds 'And That Only One We Need To Care about Is Our Own'

Following are remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the John Fitzgerald Kennedy Library, in Boston, Massachusetts, today:

6 June 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6250

'IT IS GOOD TO BE AMONG FRIENDS IN WASHINGTON', SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS NATIONAL CONVENTION OF UNA/USA

19970606 CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY Kofi Annan Calls on 'Unique' NGO To Help Enhance 'Your Fellow Citizens' Understanding of New United Nations'