In progress at UNHQ

NUCLEAR ARMS ABOLITION MOVEMENT PRESS CONFERENCE

26 October 1998



Press Briefing

NUCLEAR ARMS ABOLITION MOVEMENT PRESS CONFERENCE

19981026

A petition of more than 13 million signatures in support of a campaign calling for the abolition of nuclear weapons was initiated in Japan by a second-generation Hiroshima survivor, a representative of Soka Gakkai International, Andrew Gebert, said at a Headquarters press conference today.

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

27 October 1998



Press Briefing

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

19981027

Fred Eckhard, Spokesman for the Secretary-General, opened today's noon briefing by welcoming Sandro Tucci, spokesman for the Executive Director of the United Nations Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention, Pino Arlacchi, who had come from Vienna to "observe how the Spokesman's Office functions -- or doesn't".

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

28 October 1998



Press Briefing

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

19981028

Fred Eckhard, Spokesman for the Secretary-General, began today's noon briefing by welcoming Under-Secretary-General for Internal Oversight Services, Karl Paschke, who would brief correspondents on his annual report. (Mr. Paschke's briefing is being issued separately.)

PRESS BRIEFING ON POPULATION

28 October 1998



Press Briefing

PRESS BRIEFING ON POPULATION

19981028

The Director of the Population Division, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Joseph Chamie, told a Headquarters press briefing this morning that the decrease in mortality was probably humanity's greatest achievement.