Meetings Coverage and Press Releases

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Press Conference

PRESS BRIEFING BY UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS

7 May 1999



Press Briefing

PRESS BRIEFING BY UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS

19990507

At a Headquarters press briefing today, the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Sergio Vieira de Mello, told correspondents that the humanitarian mission to Kosovo proposed by Secretary-General Kofi Annan would be a humanitarian needs assessment that would look at the short- and medium-term needs.

PRESS CONFERENCE ON WORLD CONFERENCE ON SCIENCE

6 May 1999



Press Briefing

PRESS CONFERENCE ON WORLD CONFERENCE ON SCIENCE

19990506

At a Headquarters press conference this afternoon, background information was provided on the World Conference on Science, which has been organized by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the International Council for Science and will be held in Budapest, Hungary, from 26 June to 1 July.

PRESS BRIEFING BY UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES

5 May 1999



Press Briefing

PRESS BRIEFING BY UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES

19990505

Return would be the best solution, Sadako Ogata, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, told correspondents this afternoon at a Headquarters press briefing on the refugee situation around Kosovo.

PRESS CONFERENCE ON WORLD ECONOMIC OUTLOOK - PROJECT LINK

4 May 1999



Press Briefing

PRESS CONFERENCE ON WORLD ECONOMIC OUTLOOK - PROJECT LINK

19990504

While the world was not in fine economic shape, it was not falling uncontrollably, and some Asian and Latin American economies were starting to recover, Lawrence Klein, Nobel Laureate in economics and Emeritus Professor of the University of Pennsylvania, told correspondents at a Headquarters press conference today.

PRESS CONFERENCE BY ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL

28 April 1999



Press Briefing

PRESS CONFERENCE BY ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL

19990428

Solid cooperation with the international financial institutions was essential for making the Economic and Social Council truly action and results- oriented, Francesco Paolo Fulci, Permanent Representative of Italy and President of the Council, told correspondents this morning at a Headquarters press conference.