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PRESS BRIEFING ON TORTURE VICTIMS AND CONVENTION

United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture is to be commemorated for the first time tomorrow, Friday 26 June, Bacre Waly Ndiaye, the new Director of the New York Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, announced at a Headquarters press briefing this morning. An exhibition on torture would be opened at Headquarters.

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DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

(Incorporates briefing by spokesman for General Assembly President.)

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PRESS CONFERENCE ON WORLD YOUTH MEETINGS

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DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

Hiro Ueki, Associate Spokesman for the Secretary-General, began today's noon briefing by saying that the Spokesman, Fred Eckhard, had been travelling with the Secretary-General since the weekend. Deputy Spokesman Juan Carlos Brandt would be back tomorrow. Mr. Ueki said he would be filling in today for them.

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DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

(Incorporates briefing by spokesman for General Assembly President.)

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PRESS BRIEFING BY UNITED NATIONS INSPECTOR-GENERAL KARL PASCHKE

At a Headquarters press briefing this afternoon, Karl Paschke, Inspector-General of the United Nations, presented to correspondents the report of the Secretary-General on the programme performance of the United Nations biennium 1996-1997.

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PRESS BRIEFING ON CHILDREN IN ARMED CONFLICT

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DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

Juan Carlos Brandt, Senior Associate Spokesman for the Secretary- General, opened today's noon briefing by welcoming Klaus Töpfer, Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), who would later introduce the report of the United Nations Task Force on Environment and Human Settlements, which he also chaired.

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PRESS BRIEFING ON INVESTIGATIVE TEAM IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

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PRESS CONFERENCE BY PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

The Democratic Republic of the Congo rejected any allegation that the Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of the Congo (ADFL) had pursued an official policy of genocide against the Rwandan Hutus, the permanent representative of that country said this afternoon at a Headquarters press confernce.