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DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

18 February 1998



Press Briefing

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

19980218

Fred Eckhard, Spokesman for the Secretary-General, began today's press briefing by welcoming Rafiah Salim, Assistant Secretary-General for Human Resources Management. Ms. Salim had just established a task force on human resources management and was at the briefing to talk to correspondents about its composition and objectives.

PRESS CONFERENCE BY PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF SIERRA LEONE

18 February 1998



Press Briefing

PRESS CONFERENCE BY PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF SIERRA LEONE

19980218

The refusal of the international community to recognize the junta in Sierra Leone was a major contributing factor to their being ousted from control last week, James Jonah, Sierra Leone's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, said at a Headquarters press conference Tuesday morning.

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

19 February 1998



Press Briefing

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

19980219

Juan Carlos Brandt, Senior Associate Spokesman for the Secretary- General, began today's press briefing by welcoming Carol Bellamy, Executive Director of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), who would be talking to correspondents about an initiative on landmines in Angola. (Ms. Bellamy's briefing has been issued separately.)

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

20 February 1998



Press Briefing

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

19980220

Juan Carlos Brandt, Senior Associate Spokesman for the Secretary- General, began Friday's press briefing by saying that the Secretary-General arrived today at the Saddam Hussein International Airport in Baghdad at 5:50 p.m. local time. He was met by the Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister, Tariq Aziz.