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PRESS CONFERENCE ON STAFF SECURITY

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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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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 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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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 KOSOVO COMMISSION

Justice Richard Goldstone (South Africa), Chairman of the Independent International Commission on Kosovo, told correspondents at a United Nations briefing this afternoon that the Commission had been established because the Prime Minister of Sweden, Goran Persson, had become concerned at the absence of independent analysis of the conflict in Kosovo.

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PRESS CONFERENCE BY UNICEF GOODWILL AMBASSADOR

If Africans did not take steps now, Africa would remain on the wrong side of the digital divide, Youssou N’Dour, Goodwill Ambassador of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and member of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) working group on HIV/AIDS, said at a Headquarters press conference this afternoon.

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PRESS BRIEFING BY UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COORDINATOR

“We are good targets, and in fact, also soft targets because there is no protection”, Benon Sevan, United Nations Security Coordinator, told correspondents at a press briefing at Headquarters this afternoon.