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Press Conference

PRESS BRIEFING ON IRAQ SPECIAL COMMISSION

1 May 1997



Press Briefing

PRESS BRIEFING ON IRAQ SPECIAL COMMISSION

19970501 FOR INFORMATION OF UNITED NATIONS SECRETARIAT ONLY

The outgoing Executive Chairman of the United Nation Special Commission charged with the destruction of the Iraqi weapons of mass destruction, Rolf Ekeus, said at today's noon briefing that he was delighted with the Secretary- General's selection of Australia's Permanent Representative, Richard Butler, as the Special Commission's new Executive Chairman.

PRESS CONFERENCE ON ALBANIA

30 April 1997



Press Briefing

PRESS CONFERENCE ON ALBANIA

19970430 FOR INFORMATION OF UNITED NATIONS SECRETARIAT ONLY

PRESS BRIEFING BY UNHCR

28 April 1997



Press Briefing

PRESS BRIEFING BY UNHCR

19970428 FOR INFORMATION OF UNITED NATIONS SECRETARIAT ONLY

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Sadako Ogata, this afternoon said that the Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo-Zaire had given UNHCR 60 days in which to repatriate the estimated 80,000 Rwandan refugees that recently disappeared from encampments south of Kisangani, Zaire.

PRESS BRIEFING BY IRAQ SANCTIONS COMMITTEE

25 April 1997



Press Briefing

PRESS BRIEFING BY IRAQ SANCTIONS COMMITTEE

19970425 FOR INFORMATION OF UNITED NATIONS SECRETARIAT ONLY

At Headquarters Thursday afternoon, Ana Gomes briefed correspondents on behalf of the Chairman of the Iraq Sanctions Committee, Antonio Monteiro (Portugal). The Committee was established by Security Council resolution 661 (1990).