Press Conference

26 September 1996

Press Briefing

PRESS CONFERENCE BY PRESIDENT OF GUATEMALA

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At a Headquarters press conference this afternoon, President Alvaro Arzu Irigoyen of Guatemala told correspondents that Guatemalans were fast approaching the signing of the final agreement towards a "firm and lasting peace". That agreement would end Guatemala's 36-year armed conflict -- the longest in the Latin American region.

26 September 1996

Press Briefing

PRESS CONFERENCE BY BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

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26 September 1996

Press Briefing

PRESS CONFERENCE BY FOREIGN MINISTER OF ITALY

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26 September 1996

Press Briefing

PRESS CONFERENCE BY UNITED KINGDOM

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Malcolm Rifkind, United Kingdom Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, told correspondents at a Headquarters press conference this afternoon that he had just completed two hours of talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Qien Qicheng, the fourth time he had conferred with his Chinese counterpart in the past 12 months.

26 September 1996

Press Briefing

PRESS CONFERENCE BY EUROPEAN UNION

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25 September 1996

Press Briefing

PRESS CONFERENCE BY COLOMBIA

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25 September 1996

Press Briefing

PRESS CONFERENCE BY POLAND

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25 September 1996

Press Briefing

PRESS CONFERENCE BY FOREIGN MINISTER OF TURKEY

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The United Nations must adapt itself to the changing times and should equip itself with the means to meet the challenges that lay ahead in the next millennium, Tansu Ciller, Foreign Minister of Turkey, said at a Headquarters press conference this morning. She said the Organization's ongoing reform process had Turkey's full support.

25 September 1996

Press Briefing

PRESS CONFERENCE BY JAPAN

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In three press conferences held at Headquarters yesterday, the spokesmen for Japan's Prime Minister, Ryutaro Hashimoto, and Foreign Minister, Yukihiko Ikeda, continued to brief correspondents on their activities since the beginning of the General Assembly's general debate.

24 September 1996

Press Briefing

PRESS CONFERENCE BY JAPAN

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A number of countries have expressed support for Japan's candidature in forthcoming elections to the Security Council as well as its bid to become a permanent member of the Council, Japanese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hidehiko Hamada said at a Headquarters press conference yesterday.