In progress at UNHQ

PRESS CONFERENCE BY JAPAN

24 September 1996



Press Briefing

PRESS CONFERENCE BY JAPAN

19960924 FOR INFORMATION OF UNITED NATIONS SECRETARIAT ONLY

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.

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

25 September 1996



Press Briefing

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

19960925 FOR INFORMATION OF UNITED NATIONS SECRETARIAT ONLY

Sylvana Foa, Spokesman for the Secretary-General, began today's briefing by announcing that Marrack Goulding, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, would brief correspondents on the situation in Afghanistan which, she added, was "rather timely from what we see happening militarily there today".

PRESS CONFERENCE BY FOREIGN MINISTER OF TURKEY

25 September 1996



Press Briefing

PRESS CONFERENCE BY FOREIGN MINISTER OF TURKEY

19960925 FOR INFORMATION OF UNITED NATIONS SECRETARIAT ONLY

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.

PRESS CONFERENCE BY JAPAN

25 September 1996



Press Briefing

PRESS CONFERENCE BY JAPAN

19960925 FOR INFORMATION OF UNITED NATIONS SECRETARIAT ONLY

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.