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PRESS CONFERENCE BY EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, CLIMATE CHANGE CONVENTION

31 October 2000



Press Briefing


PRESS CONFERENCE BY EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, CLIMATE CHANGE CONVENTION

20001031

Negotiations at a crucial climate change conference to be held at The Hague next month would involve striking a balance between the environmental integrity of the required actions, and the economic and political cost of such actions, the Executive Secretary of the Climate Change Convention said at a Headquarters press conference this morning.

PRESS CONFERENCE BY REPUBLIC OF KOREA

31 October 2000



Press Briefing


PRESS CONFERENCE BY REPUBLIC OF KOREA

20001031

The General Assembly resolution on Korean peace, security and reunification represented a crucial turnaround in the history of that region, Sun Joun-Yung, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Korea to the United Nations, told correspondents at a Headquarters press conference this afternoon.

PRESS BRIEFING ON DECEMBER CONFERENCE ON NEW OR RESTORED DEMOCRACIES

1 November 2000



Press Briefing


PRESS BRIEFING ON DECEMBER CONFERENCE ON NEW OR RESTORED DEMOCRACIES

20001101

Peace and development were directly dependent on the growth of democracy, according to a report of the Secretary-General on Support to Emerging Democracies, introduced to correspondents at a Headquarters press briefing this afternoon by a panel of United Nations and diplomatic officials.

PRESS BRIEFING BY HEAD OF MISSION TO AFGHANISTAN

3 November 2000



Press Briefing


PRESS BRIEFING BY HEAD OF MISSION TO AFGHANISTAN

20001103

Afghanistan's two warring sides had agreed in writing to a "process of dialogue" under the auspices of the United Nations, Francesc Vendrell, Personal Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the Special Mission to Afghanistan, told correspondents this afternoon at a Headquarters press briefing.