PRESS CONFERENCE BY CHAIRMAN OF WORKING GROUP ON INFORMATICS ON GLOBAL MEETING OF Y2K COORDINATORS

22 June 1999



Press Briefing

PRESS CONFERENCE BY CHAIRMAN OF WORKING GROUP ON INFORMATICS ON GLOBAL MEETING OF Y2K COORDINATORS

19990622

So much emphasis had been placed on the Y2K threat to the financial sector in the past six months and the previous year that adequate attention had not been paid so far to shipping, health and other high-risk sectors, Ahmad Kamal, Chairman of the United Nations Working Group on Informatics, said at a Headquarters press conference this afternoon.

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

23 June 1999



Press Briefing

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

19990623

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

**Kosovo

The United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) moved into its headquarters in central Pristina today -- 11 days after the Secretary-General dispatched the advance team led by Sergio Vieira de Mello.

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

24 June 1999



Press Briefing

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

19990624

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

**Kosovo

Good afternoon. Today we will have the Secretary-General's Special Envoy for the Balkans, Carl Bildt, here to talk to you about Kosovo, where restoring law and order is a top priority.

PRESS CONFERENCE ON INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR VICTIMS OF TORTURE

25 June 1999



Press Briefing

PRESS CONFERENCE ON INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR VICTIMS OF TORTURE

19990625

Part of the healing process for victims of torture was the end of impunity, which was this year's message for the second observance of the United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, said the Officer-in-Charge of the New York Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Elsa Stamatopoulou.

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERA;

29 June 1999



Press Briefing

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERA;

19990629

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

We have some people in the room with us today, thanks to 23 visiting journalists from around the world who are here taking part in a multi-regional visitors' programme. Welcome to the briefing.

**Kosovo