In progress at UNHQ

Press Conference


22 September 1998



Press Briefing

PRESS CONFERENCE BY PRESIDENT OF BURKINA FASO

19980922

Although Africa was now torn by more conflicts than at any time before, the continent had never been so free in terms of controlling its own destiny and stability, President Blaise Compaoré of Burkina Faso said at a Headquarters press conference this afternoon.

17 September 1998



Press Briefing

PRESS CONFERENCE MARKING FORTIETH RATIFICATION OF LANDMINES CONVENTION TRIGGERING MARCH 1991 ENTRY INTO FORCE

19980917

The world had taken a major step towards becoming a safer and more humane place, the Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Choi Young-Jin, told correspondents at a Headquarters press conference this morning.

17 September 1998



Press Briefing

PRESS BRIEFING BY REPRESENTATIVES OF UNDP AND OECD

19980917

The international community could help developing countries save billions of dollars by ending corruption, G. Shabbir Cheema, Director of Management Development and Governance Division of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), told a Headquarters press briefing this morning.

17 September 1998



Press Briefing

PRESS CONFERENCE BY UNA/USA

19980917

Americans overwhelmingly supported the United Nations and the job it was doing, John C. Whitehead, Chairman of the Board of the United Nations Association of the United States of America (UNA/USA), told a Headquarters press conference this morning.

16 September 1998



Press Briefing

PRESS BRIEFING BY SECRETARY-GENERAL'S SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR CHILDREN AND ARMED CONFLICT

19980916

Some 300,000 people had been displaced by the fighting in Kosovo, more than 60 per cent of whom were children, Olara Otunnu, Special Representative for the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, said this morning as he recommended a three-pronged approach to deal with the "unfolding tragedy".

14 September 1998



Press Briefing

PRESS BRIEFING BY UNCTAD ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT REPORT 1998

19980914

The Trade and Development Report 1998 of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), being released officially on Wednesday, 16 September, was introduced to correspondents at a Headquarters press briefing this morning.