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Press Conference


1 November 2000



Press Briefing


PRESS BRIEFING ON DECEMBER CONFERENCE ON NEW OR RESTORED DEMOCRACIES

20001101

Peace and development were directly dependent on the growth of democracy, according to a report of the Secretary-General on Support to Emerging Democracies, introduced to correspondents at a Headquarters press briefing this afternoon by a panel of United Nations and diplomatic officials.

31 October 2000



Press Briefing


PRESS CONFERENCE BY EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, CLIMATE CHANGE CONVENTION

20001031

Negotiations at a crucial climate change conference to be held at The Hague next month would involve striking a balance between the environmental integrity of the required actions, and the economic and political cost of such actions, the Executive Secretary of the Climate Change Convention said at a Headquarters press conference this morning.

31 October 2000



Press Briefing


PRESS CONFERENCE BY REPUBLIC OF KOREA

20001031

The General Assembly resolution on Korean peace, security and reunification represented a crucial turnaround in the history of that region, Sun Joun-Yung, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Korea to the United Nations, told correspondents at a Headquarters press conference this afternoon.

30 October 2000



Press Briefing


PRESS BRIEFING ON FIRST UN NOVEL, 'MARIE -- IN THE SHADOW OF THE LION'

20001030

The first-ever United Nations novel, Marie -- In the Shadow of the Lion, a humanitarian children's book by Jerry Piasecki, was launched at a Headquarters press briefing this afternoon.

30 October 2000



Press Briefing


PRESS BRIEFING ON FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS OF BRAHIMI PEACE OPERATIONS REPORT

20001030

A new report, which presented the financial and budgetary implications of the implementation package presented by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette on the Brahimi report, was now available, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Jean-Marie Guéhenno, told journalists at a press briefing at Headquarters this afternoon.

26 October 2000



Press Briefing


PRESS BRIEFING BY HIGH REPRESENTATIVE FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF PEACE AGREEMENT ON BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

20001026

The "unsung success story" in Bosnia and Herzegovina, five years after the Dayton peace accords, was the reconstruction of the infrastructure of the warn- torn country, Wolfgang Petritsch, High Representative for the Implementation of the Peace Agreement on Bosnia and Herzegovina, said at a Headquarters press briefing this afternoon.