PRESS BRIEFING ON UN OPERATIONS IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

23 July 1999



Press Briefing

PRESS BRIEFING ON UN OPERATIONS IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

19990723

The biggest lesson of Bosnia and Herzegovina to be applied in Kosovo was the recognition that there should be one international leadership giving more responsibility to local political leaders in solving problems, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Coordinator of the United Nations Operations in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Elizabeth Rehn, said this afternoon.

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

27 July 1999



Press Briefing

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

19990727

The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today's noon briefing by Manoel de Almeida e Silva, Deputy Spokesman for the Secretary-General.

**Secretary-General's Briefing

I'm sorry, we had a computer problem, when today we wanted to come earlier because the Secretary-General is expected to be out of the Council and talk to you soon.

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

28 July 1999



Press Briefing

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

19990728

The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today's noon briefing by Manoel de Almeida e Silva, Deputy Spokesman for the Secretary-General.

**East Timor

Good afternoon. Welcome back to those of you who have already been having the benefits of the summer in the northern hemisphere.

PRESS BRIEFING BY UNDP ON CIS COUNTRIES REPORT

2 August 1999



Press Briefing

PRESS BRIEFING BY UNDP ON CIS COUNTRIES REPORT

19990802

There was enormous strain on the societies of the former Soviet Union whose situation resembled a ticking time-bomb, Anton Kruiderink, Director of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Regional Bureau for Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), said at a Headquarters press briefing today.