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PRESS BRIEFING BY UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS

It was time the human rights movement in the United States joined more fully with the United Nations in providing the leadership that would make for a constructive World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance, Mary Robinson, the High Commissioner for Human Rights, said at a Headquarters press conference this afternoon.

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PRESS BRIEFING ON UN CORRESPONDENTS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL CARTOON AWARD

Entries from 208 countries had been received for the 2000 United Nations Correspondents Association (UNCA)/Ranan Lurie Political Cartoon Award, Mr. Lurie told correspondents during an UNCA press briefing this morning at Headquarters.

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PRESS CONFERENCE ON SECURITY COUNCIL DEBATE ON WOMEN AND PEACE, SECURITY

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PRESS BRIEFING ON DISARMAMENT AFFAIRS

At a Headquarters press briefing today, sponsored by the Department for Disarmament Affairs, a group of interested parties discussed issues currently before the First Committee (Disarmament and International Security).

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DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

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

Briefing by Spokesman for Secretary-General

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PRESS BRIEFING BY HIGH REPRESENTATIVE FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF PEACE AGREEMENT ON BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

The "unsung success story" in Bosnia and Herzegovina, five years after the Dayton peace accords, was the reconstruction of the infrastructure of the warn- torn country, Wolfgang Petritsch, High Representative for the Implementation of the Peace Agreement on Bosnia and Herzegovina, said at a Headquarters press briefing this afternoon.

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PRESS CONFERENCE BY ICJ PRESIDENT

The human and financial resources of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) were no longer sufficient for the proper carrying out of its tasks, the President of the ICJ told correspondents this afternoon in a Headquarters press conference.

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DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

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

Briefing by Spokesman for Secretary-General

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PRESS CONFERENCE ON EL NINO STUDY

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PRESS CONFERENCE ON STAFF SECURITY