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PRESS BRIEFING BY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF UNICEF

14 April 1999



Press Briefing

PRESS BRIEFING BY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF UNICEF

19990414

The immediate health needs and psychological trauma of children were the focus of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) at the moment, its Executive Director, Carol Bellamy, told correspondents at a Headquarters press briefing this morning, following her recent visit with Kosovo refugees in Albania.

PRESS CONFERENCE ON RWANDA TRIBUNAL

14 April 1999



Press Briefing

PRESS CONFERENCE ON RWANDA TRIBUNAL

19990414

The current events in Europe underscored the necessity of having international judicial machinery to hold those in command accountable for what happens on their watch, the Registrar of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, Agwu Ukiwe Okali, said today during a Headquarters press conference.

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

15 April 1999



Press Briefing

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

19990415

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

Good afternoon.

Ambassador Jamsheed Marker is here to give you the latest on the discussions on East Timor. I will quickly run through my briefing first.

**Kosovo

PRESS BRIEFING BY UN POPULATION FUND

16 April 1999



Press Briefing

PRESS BRIEFING BY UN POPULATION FUND

19990416

The emergency reproductive health kits sent by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) to United Nations agencies on the "front lines" of the Kosovo refugee crisis contained more than just emergency contraception to prevent unwanted pregnancies, the Executive Director of UNFPA, Dr. Nafis Sadik, told correspondents at a Headquarters press briefing Thursday afternoon.

PRESS CONFERENCE ON CHILDREN AND ARMED CONFLICT

19 April 1999



Press Briefing

PRESS CONFERENCE ON CHILDREN AND ARMED CONFLICT

19990419

The use and abuse of child soldiers was a destructive phenomenon that wrecked a child's life forever, and those who forced or conscripted children into battle had a "moral vacuum" at their core, correspondents were told this morning by the Deputy Executive Director of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), Stephen Lewis, at a Headquarters press conference.