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DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

16 April 1997



Press Briefing

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

19970416 FOR INFORMATION OF UNITED NATIONS SECRETARIAT ONLY

Juan Carlos Brandt, Associate Spokesman for the Secretary-General, announced at the beginning of today's noon briefing that Antigua and Barbuda had signed this morning the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT), becoming the 144th nation to do so. Up to now, the Treaty was ratified by two countries: Fiji and Qatar, he added.

PRESS CONFERENCE ON 'SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS EXAM'

18 April 1997



Press Briefing

PRESS CONFERENCE ON 'SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS EXAM'

19970418 FOR INFORMATION OF UNITED NATIONS SECRETARIAT ONLY

Students preparing for a career in business, finance and government are to be challenged to take the "Sustainable Business Exam" on the Internet on 5 June, World Environment Day, correspondents were told at a Headquarters press briefing this morning.

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

21 April 1997



Press Briefing

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

19970421 FOR INFORMATION OF UNITED NATIONS SECRETARIAT ONLY

Fred Eckhard, Spokesman for the Secretary-General, began today's noon briefing with an update by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) calling upon the Kisangani authorities in eastern Zaire to take urgent action to airlift Rwandan refugees home, saying that each day's delay would lead to more deaths.

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

22 April 1997



Press Briefing

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

19970422 FOR INFORMATION OF UNITED NATIONS SECRETARIAT ONLY

Fred Eckhard, Spokesman for the Secretary-General, began the noon briefing today by reading a statement issued by the World Food Programme (WFP) expressing outrage over the theft of relief food in Kisangani, Zaire.