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PRESS CONFERENCE BY PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA

The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was vitally interested in seeing a speedy end to the crisis in Kosovo and a lasting political settlement, the country's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Vladislav Jovanovic, said today at a Headquarters press conference.

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DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

Marie Okabe, Associate Spokesman for the Secretary-General, began today's noon briefing by saying the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunals for both the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda, Louise Arbour, would brief correspondents on the Tribunal for Rwanda. (Ms. Arbour's briefing is being issued separately.)

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PRESS BRIEFING BY PROSECUTOR OF INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNALS FOR FORMER YUGOSLAVIA AND RWANDA

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PRESS BRIEFING ON CHILDREN AND ARMED CONFLICT

The continued use of children in hostilities and a growth in the numbers of children being displaced were among the greatest concerns in the arena of his work, the Secretary-General's Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict, Olara Otunnu, said in a Headquarters press briefing on Wednesday.

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PRESS BRIEFING ON CLIMATE CHANGE

Michael Zammit-Cutajar, Executive Secretary, secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, said at a Headquarters press briefing this morning that the Fourth Session of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Buenos Aires, to be held from 2 to 13 November, would be the first in the convention process to be held in a developing country.

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PRESS CONFERENCE ON CD-ROM LAUNCHED BY ADMINISTRATION AND COST OF ELECTIONS PROJECT

With multi-party elections taking place for the first time in 51 countries between 1988 and 1998, some people had spoken of a new age of democracy. But the real question, according to Bengt Save-Soderbergh, Secretary-General of the Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance, was whether this new impetus towards elections would last.

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PRESS CONFERENCE ON CD-ROM LAUNCHED BY ADMINISTRATION AND COST OF ELECTIONS PROJECT

With multi-party elections taking place for the first time in 51 countries between 1988 and 1998, some people had spoken of a new age of democracy. But the real question, according to Bengt Save-Soderbergh, Secretary-General of the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance, was whether this new impetus towards elections would last.

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DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

Marie Okabe, Associate Spokesman for the Secretary-General, began today's noon briefing by reading a statement made by the Secretary-General in Seoul concerning the Middle East peace agreement, as follows:

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PRESS CONFERENCE ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

In a world where knowledge was a very important commercial asset, intellectual property was an inexhaustible resource, the Director of Global Communications and Public Policy for the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Geoffrey Yu, said today at a Headquarters press conference.

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PRESS CONFERENCE ON THIRD WORLDWIDE VIGIL FOR UNITED NATIONS

If every American citizen would pay just $7, an amount less than the cost of attending a movie, the United States would be able to pay its arrears to the United Nations, James Paul, Executive Director of the Global Policy Forum, said at a Headquarters press conference this morning.