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DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

30 March 1999



Press Briefing

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

19990330

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

**Kosovo

Sorry I'm late. We'll start with Kosovo. Exhausted and frightened refugees continue to stream out of Kosovo as emergency relief efforts were underway to cope with the massive outflow.

PRESS CONFERENCE BY ALBANIA

30 March 1999



Press Briefing

PRESS CONFERENCE BY ALBANIA

19990330

The continuation of the crisis in Kosova had created a tragic humanitarian situation in the whole Balkan region, Agim Nesho, Permanent Representative of Albania to the United Nations, told correspondents at a Headquarters press conference this morning.

PRESS CONFERENCE BY EUROPEAN NGOS ON IMPLEMENTING CAIRO COMMITMENTS

30 March 1999



Press Briefing

PRESS CONFERENCE BY EUROPEAN NGOS ON IMPLEMENTING CAIRO COMMITMENTS

19990330

"Put your money where your mouth is", the Media Officer of the World Population Foundation of the Netherlands implored the world community at a Headquarters press conference today. She was urging it to fulfil immediately the commitments made five years ago at the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), held in Cairo.