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PRESS BRIEFING ON OPTIONAL PROTOCOL TO WOMEN'S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION CONVENTION

15 March 1999



Press Briefing

PRESS BRIEFING ON OPTIONAL PROTOCOL TO WOMEN'S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION CONVENTION

19990315

The major success of the Commission on the Status of Women in 1999 was the approval of an optional protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, Patricia Flor of Germany, Chairperson of the Commission, told correspondents at a Headquarters press briefing this morning.

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

16 March 1999



Press Briefing

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

19990316

The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today's noon briefing by Fred Eckhard, Spokesman for the Secretary-General:

**Secretary-General's Statement to Families of Victims in Haiti Helicopter Crash

Good afternoon. The following statement is available in the Spokesman's office:

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

17 March 1999



Press Briefing

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

19990317

The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today's noon briefing by Fred Eckhard, Spokesman for the Secretary-General:

Good afternoon. The guest at the briefing today is Olara Otunnu, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict. He returned yesterday from Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda and the Sudan. Welcome.

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

19 March 1999



Press Briefing

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

19990319

The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today's noon briefing by Fred Eckhard, Spokesman for the Secretary-General:

Good Afternoon. The guest at today's noon briefing will be Mary Robinson, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.

**Secretary-General Welcomes President Mandela's Tripoli Agreement