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PRESS BRIEFING ON UNCTAD/INTERNATIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE SURVEY ON MULTINATIONALS IN ASIA

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PRESS BRIEFING BY UNESCO ON 'WORLD COMMUNICATION REPORT'

The Director of the Freedom of Expression and Democracy Unit of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Alain Modoux, briefed correspondents at Headquarters this afternoon on the occasion of the launching of UNESCO's 1998 World Communication Report.

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PRESS CONFERENCE BY FOREIGN MINISTER OF BURUNDI

Noting that the security situation had largely improved in Burundi, Foreign Minister Luc Rukingama this afternoon appealed for an end to economic sanctions against his country. He told a Headquarters press conference that a peace process, involving the population and all political forces, was being pursued in open-ended dialogue at seminars and round-table conferences.

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PRESS BRIEFING BY BRAZILIAN HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST, WHO CYCLES 'MILE AFTER MILE' TO DRAW ATTENTION TO VIOLATIONS

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PRESS BRIEFING ON PROJECT LINK

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PRESS BRIEFING ON KYOTO PROTOCOL

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PRESS BRIEFING BY UNSCOM EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN

Richard Butler, Executive Chairman of the United Nations Special Commission which was established by Security Council resolution 687 (1991) in connection with the elimination of Iraq's weapons of mass destruction (UNSCOM), addressed correspondents and responded to questions during today's press briefing at Headquarters.

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PRESS CONFERENCE BY COMMISSION ON STATUS OF WOMEN

The Commission on the Status of Women, one of the oldest functioning bodies of the Economic and Social Council, had a long record of achievements in the advancement of women and women's human rights, its Chairperson Patricia Flor (Germany), told correspondents this morning at a Headquarters press conference.

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PRESS BRIEFING BY UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR MANAGEMENT

Summing up the financial picture of the United Nations, the Under- Secretary-General for Management, Joseph Connor, told correspondents at a press briefing this afternoon that the Organization's cash position was weak, and getting weaker. Its unpaid assessments were slowly decreasing, and its ability to "cross-borrow" was drying up, he added.

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

The newly appointed Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Iraq, Prakash Shah, said at a Headquarters press briefing today that the Secretary- General had indicated in a letter dated 5 March to the Security Council what was expected of him. Mr. Shah said he planned to leave New York on Wednesday or Thursday and set up his office in Baghdad before the end of March.