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PRESS CONFERENCE ON DISCRIMINATORY LAWS AGAINST WOMEN

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PRESS CONFERENCE SPONSORED BY UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND

Members of the United States Congress held a press conference at Headquarters this afternoon to discuss the significance of a national poll that indicates that a strong majority of women are concerned about United States foreign policy and believe that global problems make it necessary for the country to work closely with other States through institutions like the United Nations.

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PRESS BRIEFING BY PRESIDENT OF INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT

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PRESS BRIEFING ON 'WOMEN 2000'

"Nations and leaders have come to recognize that it is imperative to address the gender dimension in their quest for solutions to a whole range of national problems", correspondents were told this morning, in an extensive background briefing on the upcoming General Assembly special session, at Headquarters 5 to 9 June, that will review global conditions for women.

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PRESS BRIEFING BY PROSECUTOR FOR INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNALS

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PRESS BRIEFING PRESENTS REPORT ON GLOBAL SITUATION OF WOMEN

Several officials from the United Nations Secretariat held a press conference this morning at Headquarters to present a new five-year progress report on the situation of women around the world. The report compiled and analysed data on conditions for women in the areas of health, human rights, politics, work, education and family.

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PRESS CONFERENCE ON OCEAN AFFAIRS

An integrated international policy on ocean affairs was the goal of the informal consultative process convening at Headquarter this week, correspondents were told this afternoon at a Headquarters press conference.

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PRESS CONFERENCE ON MILLENNIUM FORUM

The Millennium Forum, a week-long gathering of international civil society organizations, had succeeded in producing a consensus declaration of their views and recommendations on the role of the United Nations in the twenty-first century, correspondents were told this afternoon at a Headquarters press conference.

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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.

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HEADQUARTERS PRESS CONFERENCE BY YUGOSLAV MISSION

Following its “forced removal as a legitimate member” of the Peace Implementation Council on Bosnia and Herzegovina. Yugoslavia would not consider itself bound by any decisions taken by the Council, a representative of the Yugoslav Mission to the United Nations told correspondents this morning at a Headquarters press conference.