Press Conference

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PRESS BRIEFING BY USG FOR LEGAL AFFAIRS AND UN LEGAL COUNSEL

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.

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PRESS BRIEFING BY USG FOR DISARMAMENT AFFAIRS

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.

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UNDP PRESS BRIEFING ON SOMALIA

At a Headquarters press briefing today, Dominik Langenbacher, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Resident Representative for Somalia, told correspondents that the country was a failed State in crisis, where military and political problems were exacerbated by floods.

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UNDP PRESS BRIEFING ON SOMALIA

At a Headquarters press briefing today, Dominik Langenbacher, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Resident Representative for Somalia, told correspondents that the country was a failed State in crisis, where military and political problems were exacerbated by floods.

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PRESS BRIEFING ON ASSISTANCE FOR SOUTHERN SUDAN

At a Headquarters press briefing this afternoon, Emergency Relief Coordinator and Under- Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Sergio Vieira de Mello, made an urgent appeal to the international community for assistance for the people of southern Sudan.

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PRESS BRIEFING BY SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE ON CHILDREN IN ARMED CONFLICT

At a Headquarters press briefing this morning, the Special Representative of the Secretary- General for Children in Armed Conflict, Olara A. Otunnu, called on the international community to address the growing needs of women and children affected by the Sri Lankan conflict by providing them with more humanitarian assistance.

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PRESS CONFERENCE BY CHAIRMAN OF IRAQ SANCTIONS COMMITTEE

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PRESS CONFERENCE BY PRIME MINISTER OF NAMIBIA

"We always boast in Namibia that the relationship between the United Nations and Namibia will never be broken", Hage G. Geingob, Prime Minister of Namibia, told correspondents at a Headquarters press conference this morning, in which he reviewed his country's progress since its independence in 1990.

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PRESS CONFERENCE ON FUNDING TO ADDRESS EFFECTS OF CHERNOBYL DISASTER

The urgent need for funds to help alleviate the continuing effects of the 1986 disaster at the Chernobyl power plant was stressed this afternoon at a Headquarters press conference by the Permanent Representatives of Belarus, the Russian Federation and Ukraine. Also participating was Under-Secretary- General for Humanitarian Affairs, Sergio Vieira de Mello.