Mass deportations had been taking place in Ethiopia, in which between 500 and 1,800 people were deported at once, Asmaron Legesse, Director of Research of the non-governmental organization Citizens for Peace in Eritrea told correspondents at a press conference at Headquarters on Thursday.
Germany not only had an interest in continuing to strengthen the United Nations, it also believed that there was no alternative to the Organization as a platform for peace, development and security in the world, Germany's Minister for Foreign Affairs, Joschka Fischer, told correspondents at a Headquarters press conference today.
A Global Fact Sheet on the economic value of breastfeeding was being launched, Phoebe Jones Shellenberg of the International Women Count Network told correspondents at a Headquarters press conference this afternoon.
Massacres, human rights violations and other atrocities described by some 9,000 witnesses and survivors clearly illustrated a governmental policy of genocide in Guatemala, correspondents were told by members of the Historical Clarification Commission of Guatemala at a Headquarters' press conference this afternoon.
The 1998 Development Cooperation Report was a reminder of the opportunities of an inclusive kind of globalization, and of the potential of human solidarity, James Michel, departing Chair of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development's (OECD) Development Assistance Committee, told correspondents at a Headquarters press conference this morning.
After two weeks, indications were that all parties involved were trying to make progress and reach general agreement, Philippe Kirsch, Chairman of the Preparatory Commission for the International Criminal Court, told correspondents at a Headquarters press conference this afternoon. However, perhaps since it was the first session, progress had been slow.
International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) member, Ambassador Herbert Okun of the United States, discussed the Board's 1998 annual report in a press briefing today at Headquarters.
An "Environmental Charter for the North American Telecommunication Industry" was to be signed at the United Nations this evening by chief executives and senior officials of diverse key companies in the industry, it was announced at a Headquarters press briefing this morning.
