Press Briefing

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

Fred Eckhard, Spokesman for the Secretary-General, began today's noon briefing by announcing that the Security Council had begun meeting at 10:30 a.m., holding consultations on Tajikistan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Croatia and Guinea-Bissau.

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PRESS BRIEFING ON CHILDREN AND ARMED CONFLICT

The deliberate targeting of civilians, most of them women and children, was on the rise, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Children and Armed Conflict, Olara Otunnu, said at a Headquarters press briefing today. The recruitment and use of children in combat was also on the rise, he added.

Press Briefing

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

Fred Eckhard, Spokesman for the Secretary-General, began today's noon briefing by introducing the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Human Rights in Cambodia, Thomas Hammarberg, who would give a briefing. (Notes on that briefing have been issued separately.)

Press Briefing

PRESS BRIEFING BY SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN CAMBODIA

The main issue in Cambodia was the continuous problem of impunity, Thomas Hammarberg, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Human Rights in Cambodia, told correspondents at a Headquarters press briefing today.

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PRESS BRIEFING ON REPORTS TO THIRD COMMITTEE

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DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

Fred Eckhard, Spokesman for the Secretary-General, began today's noon briefing by noting and welcoming the dozen members of the United States Information Agency's Regional Project for the Middle East.

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PRESS BRIEFING ON 1998 WORLD INVESTMENT REPORT

George Kell, an economist in the Executive Office of the Secretary- General, told correspondents at a Headquarters press briefing today to launch the 1998 World Investment Report, that once again, foreign direct investment (FDI) had hit new record levels in all major country groupings.

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DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

Press Briefing

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

Fred Eckhard, Spokesman for the Secretary-General, began today's noon briefing by announcing that the Executive Director of the United Nations Special Commission (UNSCOM), Richard Butler, had been invited to the noon briefing to explain his decision to withdraw the UNSCOM inspectors from Iraq. (Mr. Butler's comments are prepared separately.)

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PRESS BRIEFING BY EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN OF UNSCOM