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Press Conference


17 November 1998



Press Briefing

PRESS BRIEFING ON ANGOLA

19981117

The Chief of the Emergency Liaison Branch of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Kevin Kennedy briefed correspondents at Headquarters this afternoon on his mission to Angola to assess humanitarian needs. He was joined by the Deputy Director of the Emergency Response Division of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Frank O'Donnell.

16 November 1998



Press Briefing

PRESS CONFERENCE ON INTERNATIONAL DAY OF TOLERANCE

19981116

The President of the Friends of the United Nations, Noel Brown, briefed correspondents at Headquarters Monday, to mark the International Day Of Tolerance and honour the recipients of the first Global Tolerance Award.

16 November 1998



Press Briefing

PRESS CONFERENCE BY WINNERS OF ANNUAL UNEP SASAKAWA ENVIRONMENTAL PRIZE

19981116

Even as the global environmental crisis was deepening, people were taking more notice and wanted more "hands-on" involvement, Ian Kiernan, the winner of the 1998 Sasakawa Environment Prize, said at a Headquarters press conference today.

12 November 1998



Press Briefing

PRESS BRIEFING BY WFP ON RELIEF EFFORTS IN WAKE OF HURRICANE MITCH

19981112

"Anyone on the ground will tell you this is the worst natural disaster to hit Central America in two centuries", a spokesman for the World Food Programme (WFP), Abby Spring, said during a Headquarters briefing upon her return from a week-long mission to Nicaragua in the wake of Hurricane Mitch.

12 November 1998



Press Briefing

PRESS CONFERENCE ON INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF MOUNTAINS, 2002

19981112

Asylbek A. Aidaraliev (Kyrgyzstan) told a Headquarters press conference yesterday that promoting the sustainable development of mountains was chief among the reasons his Government had proposed the international community dedicate a year to mountains.