Press Briefing

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

Fred Eckhard, Spokesman for the Secretary-General, began today's noon briefing by announcing that the Security Council was now concluding its consideration of an extension of the mandate of the United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) and that a formal meeting on the subject was expected afterwards.

Press Briefing

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

Press Briefing

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

Press Briefing

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

Press Briefing

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

Press Briefing

PRESS CONFERENCE BY CAMBODIA

At a Headquarters press conference today, the Permanent Representative of Cambodia to the United Nations, Prince Sisowath Sirirath, denounced the election of a new First Prime Minister by Cambodia's National Assembly this morning.

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DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

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PRESS CONFERENCE BY SMALL ARMS PANEL

At a Headquarters press conference this morning, Mitsuro Donowaki, Chairman of the Panel of Governmental Experts on Small Arms and Special Assistant to the Foreign Minister of Japan, presented the Panel's report to correspondents. It had been presented to the Secretary-General earlier in the day.

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DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

CORRECTION

Owing to a technical error, a word was omitted from the noon briefing notes for 7 August. The first two sentences of the second paragraph -- which concerns the crash of a helicopter of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) near the village of At Tiri in south Lebanon -- should read as follows:

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DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

Fred Eckhard, Spokesman for the Secretary-General, began today's noon briefing by informing correspondents that he would provide them with notes from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on the question of the killings in Rwanda. They contained answers by UNHCR's spokeswoman, Pam O'Toole, to questions on Amnesty International's claim that the international community was ignoring those killings.