PRESS CONFERENCE BY DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

17 August 1999



Press Briefing

PRESS CONFERENCE BY DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

19990817

The Security Council should have condemned the fighting between two aggressor countries on the territory of the Democratic Republic of the Congo rather than merely issuing a statement to the press, Andre Kapanga, that country's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, said at a Headquarters press conference this afternoon.

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

19 August 1999



Press Briefing


DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

19990819

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

Good afternoon. We are struggling here to put together a briefing for you, I hope it is going to be useful. Let me start with the following statement.