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PRESS BRIEFING BY SPOKESWOMAN FOR CO-CHAIRS OF MILLENNIUM SUMMIT

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PRESS CONFERENCE BY PRESIDENT OF PERU

All countries neighbouring Colombia were interested in that country's internal peace, Peru's President Alberto Fujimori told correspondents today at a press conference.

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PRESS CONFERENCE BY CO-CHAIRS AT CONCLUSION OF MILLENNIUM SUMMIT

The largest-ever gathering of world leaders committed themselves to a world where future generations would not suffer as had those of the past, correspondents were told at a press conference this evening, following the closing session of the Millennium Summit held at United Nations Headquarters in New York.

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THIRD MILLENNIUM SUMMIT ROUNDTABLE PRESS CONFERENCE CHAIRED BY PRESIDENT OF VENEZUELA

Reporting on the results of the Third Roundtable meeting of the Millennium Summit, its Chairman, Hugo Chavez Frias, President of Venezuela, said at a press conference this evening that the dialogue had been active. Several matters had been clarified and ideas had been generated, through wide participation by heads of State.

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PRESS CONFERENCE BY PRESIDENT OF CZECH REPUBLIC

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PRESS BRIEFING BY UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS

At a briefing this morning, Mary Robinson, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, pointed out that preparations are under way for a United Nations World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance, to be held in South Africa from 31 August to 7 September next year.

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PRESS CONFERENCE BY PRESIDENT OF URUGUAY

The President of Uruguay, Jorge Batlle, speaking at a Headquarters press conference today, stressed the importance of regional financial cooperation in the Americas.

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PRESS CONFERENCE BY FOREIGN MINISTER OF BURUNDI

The Burundi Government's main concern was to reach agreement with the armed opposition to end the civil war between the army and rebel forces by 20 September, Séverin Ntahomvukiye, that country's Minister for External Relations and Cooperation, said at a Headquarters press conference this afternoon.

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PRESS BRIEFING BY PRESIDENT OF DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

Hipolito Mejia Dominguez, the President of the Dominican Republic, told correspondents at a Headquarters press briefing this morning that his time at the Millennium Summit was an “unforgettable experience”. In his view, the Summit would produce concrete results.

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PRESS CONFERENCE BY PRESIDENT OF GAMBIA

The border dispute between Senegal and Guinea-Bissau was complicating efforts to mediate between the Government of Senegal and separatist rebels in that country's southern Casamance Province, President Yahya Jammeh of the Gambia said at a Headquarters press conference this morning.