Meetings Coverage and Press Releases

Press Conference

PRESS CONFERENCE ON APPEAL FOR LAUNCHING DECADE FOR CULTURE OF NON-VIOLENCE

4 September 1997



Press Briefing

PRESS CONFERENCE ON APPEAL FOR LAUNCHING DECADE FOR CULTURE OF NON-VIOLENCE

19970904

At a Headquarters press conference this morning, two recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize announced that the United Nations had been called upon to declare the years 2000-2010 the decade for the culture of non-violence. The appeal, contained in a letter sent to all Member States, also requested that the year 2000 be declared a year for education in peace and non-violence.

PRESS CONFERENCE BY SMALL ARMS PANEL

7 August 1997



Press Briefing

PRESS CONFERENCE BY SMALL ARMS PANEL

19970807

At a Headquarters press conference this morning, Mitsuro Donowaki, Chairman of the Panel of Governmental Experts on Small Arms and Special Assistant to the Foreign Minister of Japan, presented the Panel's report to correspondents. It had been presented to the Secretary-General earlier in the day.

PRESS CONFERENCE BY CAMBODIA

6 August 1997



Press Briefing

PRESS CONFERENCE BY CAMBODIA

19970806

At a Headquarters press conference today, the Permanent Representative of Cambodia to the United Nations, Prince Sisowath Sirirath, denounced the election of a new First Prime Minister by Cambodia's National Assembly this morning.