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PRESS BRIEFING BY USG FOR LEGAL AFFAIRS AND UN LEGAL COUNSEL

18 May 1998



Press Briefing

PRESS BRIEFING BY USG FOR LEGAL AFFAIRS AND UN LEGAL COUNSEL

19980518

What mechanism will trigger investigations by an international criminal court and what will that court's relationship with the United Nations be? Those would be among the key questions to be addressed by the United Nations Diplomatic Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court, to be held in Rome from 15 June to 17 July.

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

20 May 1998



Press Briefing

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

19980520

(Incorporates briefing by spokesman for General Assembly President.)

Fred Eckhard, Spokesman for the Secretary-General, began today's noon briefing by saying that there had been a serious incident in Angola yesterday. He then read the following statement, attributable to the Spokesman:

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

21 May 1998



Press Briefing

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

19980521

Fred Eckhard, Spokesman for the Secretary-General, opened today's noon briefing by reading the following statement:

"The Secretary-General is relieved that an orderly and peaceful transition is occurring in Indonesia. He hopes that Indonesia will now be able to rebuild social peace, based on democratic principles and values, and revive its economy."

PRESS CONFERENCE BY BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

21 May 1998



Press Briefing

PRESS CONFERENCE BY BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

19980521

Now that the bloodshed in Bosnia and Herzegovina had stopped and the military and political goals of the peace accords had advanced, the focus should be on healing and reconciliation, that country's four religious leaders said yesterday afternoon at a Headquarters press conference.