Meetings Coverage and Press Releases

PRESS CONFERENCE BY RWANDA

PRESS CONFERENCE BY RWANDA

24 October 1997



Press Briefing

PRESS CONFERENCE BY RWANDA

19971024

Christine Umutoni, Assistant to the Ministers in the Office of the President of Rwanda, told correspondents at a Headquarters press conference this morning that the genocide in her country had changed its population; women now accounted for 70 per cent of the population. However, due to tradition, women had no tools to deal with the responsibilities of their new roles.

PRESS BRIEFING BY UNITED KINGDOM REPRESENTATIVE

PRESS BRIEFING BY UNITED KINGDOM REPRESENTATIVE

28 October 1997



Press Briefing

PRESS BRIEFING BY UNITED KINGDOM REPRESENTATIVE

19971028

At a Headquarters press conference this afternoon, Sir John Weston, Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom, told correspondents his Government had invited international observers to examine the Scottish judicial system and to discuss the arrangements for a trial of the two Lockerbie suspects in Scotland.

PRESS BRIEFING BY SPECIAL COMMISSION ON DISARMAMENT OF IRAQ

PRESS BRIEFING BY SPECIAL COMMISSION ON DISARMAMENT OF IRAQ

29 October 1997



Press Briefing

PRESS BRIEFING BY SPECIAL COMMISSION ON DISARMAMENT OF IRAQ

19971029

At a Headquarter press briefing this afternoon, Richard Butler, Executive Chairman of the United Nations Special Commission, set up under Security Council resolution 687 (1991) to monitor the disarmament of Iraq, announced that all the Commission's operations in Iraq would be temporarily suspended.

PRESS BRIEFING BY UNICEF

PRESS BRIEFING BY UNICEF

29 October 1997



Press Briefing

PRESS BRIEFING BY UNICEF

19971029

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) had a major opportunity to prevent children in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea from falling victim to a disastrous famine, Omawale Omawale, the Fund's Special Representative in Pyongyang told a Headquarters press briefing this afternoon.

PRESS BRIEFING BY UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR INTERNAL OVERSIGHT SERVICES

PRESS BRIEFING BY UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR INTERNAL OVERSIGHT SERVICES

30 October 1997



Press Briefing

PRESS BRIEFING BY UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR INTERNAL OVERSIGHT SERVICES

19971030

The Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS) had become an effective and meaningful component of the United Nations system, Karl Paschke, Under- Secretary-General for Internal Oversight Services, told a Headquarters press briefing this afternoon.

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