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PRESS BRIEFING ON CAMPAIGN TO ELIMINATE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN AFRICA

While equal rights for women and men was one of the pillars on which the United Nations was founded, those rights were far from being universally observed, Angela King, the Secretary-General's Special Adviser on Gender Issues and the Advancement of Women, told correspondents at a Headquarters press conference today.

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PRESS BRIEFING ON SUDAN BY UNICEF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

A three-month ceasefire in southern Sudan was not long enough to end the crisis in that area, the Executive Director of United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), Carol Bellamy, said this afternoon at a Headquarters press briefing.

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PRESS BRIEFING BY HIGH REPRESENTATIVE ON BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

The situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina was improving, but the "litmus test" of reconciliation would be the return of refugees, the High Representative for Implementation of the Peace Agreement on Bosnia and Herzegovina, Carlos Westendorp, said today.

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PRESS CONFERENCE BY UNDP GOODWILL AMBASSADOR

The purpose of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) was to give a voice to the voiceless who were becoming more and more marginalized by a global economy, the first Goodwill Ambassador of the UNDP, Danny Glover, told correspondents at a Headquarters press conference today.

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PRESS BRIEFING BY CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEE FOR DEVELOPMENT PLANNING

A new global regulatory body -- a world financial organization -- is needed to regulate and monitor international private capital flows, the Chairman of the United Nations Committee for Development Planning, Nurul Islam, said this morning.

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PRESS BRIEFING BY EMERGENCY RELIEF COORDINATOR ON UN HUMANITARIAN POLICY IN AFGHANISTAN

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PRESS BRIEFING BY MEMBERS OF WORKING GROUP ON INVOLUNTARY DISAPPEARANCES

Despite encouraging signs, it was premature to conclude that a positive trend was emerging in the number and resolution of cases of government-related disappearances, the Chairman of the United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances told correspondents at a Headquarters press conference today.

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PRESS BRIEFING BY SECRETARY-GENERAL'S SPECIAL ENVOY FOR AFGHANISTAN

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PRESS BRIEFING BY UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR DISARMAMENT AFFAIRS

The issue of small arms was rapidly becoming a very important item on the disarmament agenda, the Under-Secretary-General for Disarmament Affairs, Jayantha Dhanapala, told a Headquarters press briefing this afternoon. A group of 21 countries would be meeting in Oslo today and tomorrow to discuss issues connected with the subject of small arms and light weapons, he added.

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PRESS CONFERENCE ON WORK OF WOMEN'S RIGHTS COMMITTEE

The draft optional protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women was a "path-breaking effort" that would enable individuals to bring their complaints of gender discrimination to the United Nations, the Deputy Director of the United Nations Division for the Advancement of Women told correspondents at a Headquarters briefing today.