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DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

22 September 1998



Press Briefing

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

19980922

Fred Eckhard, Spokesman for the Secretary-General, began today's noon briefing by announcing that a joint statement, issued last night after the meeting of the Six-Plus-Two group on Afghanistan convened by the Secretary- General, had been made available.

PRESS CONFERENCE BY PRESIDENT OF BURKINA FASO

22 September 1998



Press Briefing

PRESS CONFERENCE BY PRESIDENT OF BURKINA FASO

19980922

Although Africa was now torn by more conflicts than at any time before, the continent had never been so free in terms of controlling its own destiny and stability, President Blaise Compaoré of Burkina Faso said at a Headquarters press conference this afternoon.

PRESS CONFERENCE BY PRESIDENT OF BURUNDI

22 September 1998



Press Briefing

PRESS CONFERENCE BY PRESIDENT OF BURUNDI

19980922

At a Headquarters press conference this morning, Pierre Buyoya, President of Burundi, appealed to the international community to lift the "illegal and unjust" sanctions imposed on his country in 1996. The sanctions constrained the most vulnerable people and posed the greatest threat to the peace process in Burundi.

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

23 September 1998



Press Briefing

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

19980923

Fred Eckhard, Spokesman for the Secretary-General, began today's noon briefing by welcoming the Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator, Martin Griffiths, to the briefing. Mr. Griffiths was to brief correspondents on his recent visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and to Rwanda. (Mr. Griffiths' briefing has been issued separately.)