In progress at UNHQ

Press Conference


28 May 1997



Press Briefing

PRESS BRIEFING BY UNFPA

19970528 FOR INFORMATION OF UNITED NATIONS SECRETARIAT ONLY

28 May 1997



Press Briefing

PRESS CONFERENCE BY GREECE

19970528 FOR INFORMATION OF UNITED NATIONS SECRETARIAT ONLY

The Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs of Greece, Yannos Kranidiotis, met with correspondents at a Headquarters press conference yesterday afternoon, following his meeting with Secretary-General Kofi Annan, to exchange views on Cyprus.

27 May 1997



Press Briefing

PRESS CONFERENCE BY PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF SIERRA LEONE

19970527 FOR INFORMATION OF UNITED NATIONS SECRETARIAT ONLY

President Ahmed Tejan Kabbah of Sierra Leone now in Guinea had appealed to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) for immediate assistance to restore civilian rule in his country, the Permanent Representative of Sierra Leone to the United Nations told a Headquarters press conference this morning.

22 May 1997



Press Briefing

PRESS BRIEFING BY USG FOR ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT

19970522 FOR INFORMATION OF UNITED NATIONS SECRETARIAT ONLY

Joseph E. Connor, Under-Secretary for Administration and Management, told correspondents at a Headquarters press briefing yesterday afternoon, 21 May, that there had been no real change in the United Nations financial situation in the last two years and that the Organization continued to be on the edge financially.

22 May 1997



Press Briefing

PRESS CONFERENCE BY PRESIDENT OF NAMIBIA

19970522 FOR INFORMATION OF UNITED NATIONS SECRETARIAT ONLY

Namibia had recognized the new Democratic Republic of the Congo, President Sam Nujoma of Namibia announced at a Headquarters press conference this morning.

20 May 1997



Press Briefing

PRESS BRIEFING ON GUATEMALA

19970520 FOR INFORMATION OF UNITED NATIONS SECRETARIAT ONLY

16 May 1997



Press Briefing

PRESS CONFERENCE BY WORKING GROUP ON DISAPPEARANCES

19970516 FOR INFORMATION OF UNITED NATIONS SECRETARIAT ONLY

The number of politically motivated disappearances worldwide was at least three times greater than official United Nations figures, the Chairman of the United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances, Ivan Tosevski, said this afternoon at a press conference at Headquarters.

13 May 1997



Press Briefing

PRESS CONFERENCE SPONSORED BY CANADA ON LAND-MINE BAN

19970513 FOR INFORMATION OF UNITED NATIONS SECRETARIAT ONLY

United States President William Clinton "speaks very poetically in support of a ban on land-mines and we would beg him to put a signature to his words", Tun Channareth, a double-amputee land-mine victim told correspondents this morning at a Headquarters press conference.