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PRESS BRIEFING BY UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR DISARMAMENT AFFAIRS

PRESS BRIEFING BY UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR DISARMAMENT AFFAIRS

13 July 1998



Press Briefing

PRESS BRIEFING BY UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR DISARMAMENT AFFAIRS

19980713

The issue of small arms was rapidly becoming a very important item on the disarmament agenda, the Under-Secretary-General for Disarmament Affairs, Jayantha Dhanapala, told a Headquarters press briefing this afternoon. A group of 21 countries would be meeting in Oslo today and tomorrow to discuss issues connected with the subject of small arms and light weapons, he added.

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

15 July 1998



Press Briefing

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

19980715

Fred Eckhard, Spokesman for the Secretary-General, opened today's noon briefing by announcing that the Security Council had begun this morning with the report of the Secretary-General on Western Sahara, which came out on Monday. Members were now hearing Benon Sevan, Executive Director of the Office of the Iraq Programme, who was briefing them on his recent visit to Iraq.

PRESS BRIEFING BY MEMBERS OF WORKING GROUP ON INVOLUNTARY DISAPPEARANCES

PRESS BRIEFING BY MEMBERS OF WORKING GROUP ON INVOLUNTARY DISAPPEARANCES

17 July 1998



Press Briefing

PRESS BRIEFING BY MEMBERS OF WORKING GROUP ON INVOLUNTARY DISAPPEARANCES

19980717

Despite encouraging signs, it was premature to conclude that a positive trend was emerging in the number and resolution of cases of government-related disappearances, the Chairman of the United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances told correspondents at a Headquarters press conference today.

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