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Press Conference


1 June 1998



Press Briefing

PRESS BRIEFING BY DEPUTY USG FOR HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS ON EARTHQUAKE IN AFGHANISTAN

19980601

"In a ghastly sense, it is lucky there is a humanitarian aid presence there", the Deputy to the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator, Martin Griffiths, told correspondents at a Headquarters briefing this afternoon in reference to the latest earthquake in Afghanistan.

1 June 1998



Press Briefing

PRESS CONFERENCE, SPONSORED BY UNITED STATES, ON KOSOVO

19980601

The United Nations and the international community should provide greater support to Kosovo in its conflict with Serbia, said the leader of ethnic Albanians in Kosovo, Ibrahim Rugova, during a press conference this afternoon at Headquarters.

29 May 1998



Press Briefing

PRESS BRIEFING BY USG FOR PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS

19980529

The Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Bernard Miyet, held a Headquarters press briefing this morning to commemorate a half a century of United Nations involvement in peacekeeping operations.

28 May 1998



Press Briefing

PRESS BRIEFING ON SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES

19980528

The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) launched a new handbook on how small and medium-sized enterprises could become major contributors to sustained growth and development, at a Headquarters press briefing this morning.

21 May 1998



Press Briefing

PRESS CONFERENCE BY BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

19980521

Now that the bloodshed in Bosnia and Herzegovina had stopped and the military and political goals of the peace accords had advanced, the focus should be on healing and reconciliation, that country's four religious leaders said yesterday afternoon at a Headquarters press conference.

18 May 1998



Press Briefing

PRESS BRIEFING BY USG FOR DISARMAMENT AFFAIRS

19980518

At a Headquarters press briefing, Under-Secretary-General for Disarmament Affairs Jayantha Dhanapala reviewed the response of the United Nations to the five underground nuclear tests conducted by India on 11 and 13 May.

18 May 1998



Press Briefing

PRESS BRIEFING BY USG FOR LEGAL AFFAIRS AND UN LEGAL COUNSEL

19980518

What mechanism will trigger investigations by an international criminal court and what will that court's relationship with the United Nations be? Those would be among the key questions to be addressed by the United Nations Diplomatic Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court, to be held in Rome from 15 June to 17 July.