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PRESS BRIEFING BY SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR CHILDREN AND ARMED CONFLICT

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PRESS CONFERENCE BY COLOMBIA'S MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS

At a Headquarters press conference this afternoon, Guillermo Fernandez de Soto, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Colombia, said his country's election to the Security Council today by the General Assembly demonstrated "trust and confidence" by the international community. At the same time, his country was pleased to accept such a major commitment and responsibility.

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PRESS CONFERENCE ON SECURITY COUNCIL MISSION TO WEST AFRICA BY PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF UNITED KINGDOM

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PRESS BRIEFING BY ASSISTANT SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR LEGAL AFFAIRS

Agreement had been reached with the Government of Sierra Leone over the legal and practical arrangements necessary to establish a special court in that country to prosecute certain individuals there for war crimes and crimes against humanity, Ralph Zacklin, Assistant Secretary-General for Legal Affairs, told correspondents at a Headquarters press briefing on Tuesday, 26 September.

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PRESS BRIEFING BY UNITED NATIONS RESIDENT AND HUMANITARIAN COORDINATOR FOR SOMALIA

The United Nations humanitarian and political efforts in Somalia would be stepped up to support the peace-building initiative there and, in particular, to support the new Transitional National Government, correspondents were told this afternoon at a Headquarters press briefing.

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PRESS BRIEFING ON WORLD INVESTMENT REPORT 2000

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PRESS BRIEFING BY UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR PEACEKEEPING

One of the major challenges for the Department of Peacekeeping Operations was simultaneously addressing day-to-day issues, while keeping an eye on the global picture and attempting structural changes, correspondents were told Monday afternoon at a Headquarters press briefing.

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PRESS BRIEFING BY UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN'S FUND

Considerable progress had been made in several areas of children's conditions and rights, but setbacks in other areas were raising concern, correspondents were told this afternoon at a Headquarters press briefing given on the tenth anniversary of the 1990 World Summit for Children.

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PRESS CONFERENCE BY PRESIDENT OF STANLEY FOUNDATION

Richard H. Stanley, President of the Stanley Foundation, met with correspondents at a Headquarters press conference yesterday afternoon to introduce and expand on the Foundation's latest report, "Problems and Prospects for Humanitarian Intervention." The press conference was sponsored by the United Kingdom.

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PRESS BRIEFING BY HEAD OF UN KOSOVO MISSION

The United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) would be able to ensure that upcoming municipal elections in Kosovo were fair and democratic, Bernard Kouchner, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative and head of UNMIK, told correspondents at a Headquarters press briefing this afternoon.