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DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

22 February 2000



Press Briefing


DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

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

Good afternoon. I’d like to welcome our guest today, Olara Otunnu, Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Children and Armed Conflict. He’ll be talking to you shortly about Child Protection Advisers.

PRESS BRIEFING ON REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO

23 February 2000



Press Briefing


PRESS BRIEFING ON REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO

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Since the beginning of the year, internally displaced persons in the Republic of the Congo had been rapidly demobilizing, resulting in expanded needs for humanitarian assistance during the country's post-crisis evolution, William Paton, United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator for that country, told correspondents during a Headquarters briefing today.