Statements and Messages

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:

5 June 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6247

INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION HELPED TILT BALANCE TOWARDS DOMAIN WHERE POWER OF HUMAN REASON PREVAILS, KOFI ANNAN SAYS

19970605 CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY Secretary-General, in Commencement Address to MIT, Stresses United States Historic Mission as Agent of Progressive Change

3 June 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6246
ENV/DEV/421

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES PROTECTION OF GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT AS CENTRAL ELEMENT OF PEACE, DEVELOPMENT AND ERADICATION OF POVERTY

19970603 In Message on Occasion of World Environment Day, 5 June

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the occasion of World Environment Day, 5 June:

2 June 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6245/Rev.1*
AFR/9/Rev.1*

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR EFFORTS TO UNLEASH AFRICAN 'THIRD WAVE' BASED ON DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

19970602 Address to OAU Stresses Governmental Authority Based On Popular Will, Not Forceful Overthrow of Elected Governments

2 June 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6245
AFR/9

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR EFFORTS TO UNLEASH AFRICAN 'THIRD WAVE' BASED ON DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

19970602 Address to OAU Stresses Governmental Authority Based On Popular Will, Not Forceful Overthrow of Elected Governments

Following is the address given today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Annual Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) at Harare:

30 May 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6244
WHO/2

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR INTERNATIONAL EFFORTS TO FIGHT TOBACCO ADDICTION, IN 'WORLD NO-TOBACCO DAY' MESSAGE

19970530 Seeks Smoke-Free United Nations by End of Year

Following is a message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the occasion of World No-Tobacco Day (31 May 1997):

27 May 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6242
WOM/972

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS ON INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S FORUM, FRIENDS AND SUPPORTERS OF UNITED NATIONS, TO SPREAD KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF ORGANIZATION

19970527 Kofi Annan Says End Product of Reform Should Be Restoration Of Confidence in Organization and Its Capacity To Do What World Needs It To Do

Following is the statement of Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the meeting of the International Women's Forum at Headquarters today:

27 May 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6241

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER COUP IN SIERRA LEONE; CONDEMNS TREATMENT OF UN STAFF, LOOTING OF UN OFFICES

19970527 The following statement was issued on Sunday, 25 May by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

12 May 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6233

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES SHOCK AT TRAGIC LOSS OF LIVES IN IRAN

19970512 The following statement was issued yesterday in Tokyo by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

18 April 1997

Press Release
SG/SM/6211

REFORM DESIGNED TO MAKE UNITED NATIONS MORE EFFECTIVE, RELEVANT, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS UN STAFF IN BONN

19970418 Following is the text of an address by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to staff members of United Nations agencies and programmes based at Haus Carstanjen, Bon, Germany on 18 April: