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PRESS BRIEFING BY SPECIAL ADVISER FOR UN SPECIAL INITIATIVE ON AFRICA

19 June 1998



Press Briefing

PRESS BRIEFING BY SPECIAL ADVISER FOR UN SPECIAL INITIATIVE ON AFRICA

19980619

Accountability, transparency and measures against corruption were the focus of the Second Africa Governance Forum, the Special Adviser for the United Nations Special Initiative on Africa, Trevor Gordon-Sommers, said this afternoon at a briefing to announce the holding of the Forum next week on 25 and 26 June in Accra, Ghana.

PRESS CONFERENCE BY PRIME MINISTER OF LEBANON

19 June 1998



Press Briefing

PRESS CONFERENCE BY PRIME MINISTER OF LEBANON

19980619

Lebanon and Syria were ready to sign a peace agreement in three months if Israel decided to go ahead with peace negotiations, Prime Minister Rafic Hariri of Lebanon said at a Headquarters press conference this afternoon. That position was very clear and highly appreciated by the United States Government, he added.

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

24 June 1998



Press Briefing

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

19980624

Fred Eckhard, Spokesman for the Secretary-General, began today's noon briefing by welcoming to the briefing the Under-Secretary-General for Management, Joseph Connor, who would comment on a new report by the United States Government Accounting Office on United States finances and arrears. (Coverage of Mr. Connor's briefing is issued separately.)