In progress at UNHQ

Press Conference


27 June 2000



Press Briefing


PRESS CONFERENCE BY MONGOLIA

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Film clips documenting the profound impact of the massive loss of livestock to the nomadic Mongolians as a result of the drought were presented this morning at a Headquarters press conference on the relief efforts under way.

22 June 2000



Press Briefing


PRESS BRIEFING BY PINO ARLACCHI, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF DRUG CONTROL, CRIME PREVENTION

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Pino Arlacchi, Executive Director of the United Nations Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention, at a Headquarters press briefing today, said that the Office was organizing a symposium to consider universal jurisdiction in prosecuting Internet crime.

21 June 2000



Press Briefing


PRESS BRIEFING BY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF UN CHILDREN'S FUND

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More than 13 million people were still in the throws of a humanitarian crisis in the Horn of Africa due to drought, Carol Bellamy, Executive Director of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), told journalists at a press briefing at United Nations Headquarters this afternoon.

20 June 2000



Press Briefing


PRESS BRIEFING ON AFRICA REFUGEE DAY

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Africa's refugee population has reached 3 million persons, and 6 million more have been displaced, an official of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said at a Headquarters press briefing today marking Africa Refugee Day.

20 June 2000



Press Briefing


PRESS BRIEFING BY FORMER YUGOSLAVIA TRIBUNAL PRESIDENT

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Judge Claude Jorda, President of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, this afternoon expressed optimism about the eventual arrests of the principal individuals indicted by the Tribunal for war crimes in the Balkans.

16 June 2000



Press Briefing


PRESS CONFERENCE ON UN STAFF SECURITY

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One final conclusion shared by all members of the panel on the protection of United Nations staff and locally recruited and associated personnel was the need to expand resources in the area of safety and security, to increase funding for the programmes already in existence and to constantly review and revitalize them, correspondents were told at a Headquarters press conference yesterday.