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PRESS BRIEFING ON WORLD AIDS DAY

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PRESS CONFERENCE BY FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA

The Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), instead of being neutralized, was now the de facto master of the situation in most cities and towns in the Serbian province, Vladislav Jovanovic, Chargé d'Affaires at the Permanent Mission of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia to the United Nations, told correspondents at Headquarters this morning.

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PRESS CONFERENCE BY BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

The Secretary-General’s report on Srebrenica, released unofficially earlier this week, broke new ground and contained many valuable lessons for the future, Muhamed Sacirbey, the Permanent Representative of Bosnia and Herzegovina, told correspondents at a Headquarters conference this morning.

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PRESS BRIEFING ON CHILDREN AND ARMED CONFLICT

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PRESS CONFERENCE ON 1999 UNEP SASAKAWA PRIZE

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Sasakawa Prize would be a “powerful incentive to continue work for the good of the environment”, the 1999 winner, Mario Molina, told correspondents at a Headquarters press conference today shortly before the official award ceremony.

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HEADQUARTERS PRESS BRIEFING ON ANGOLA

At the moment, the main threat to relief workers and civilians in Angola was landmines, Agnes Asekenye-Oonyu, Chief of the Africa Section, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, told correspondents at a Headquarters press briefing this afternoon.

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PRESS BRIEFING BY UN POPULATION FUND

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) declared Dr. Bertrand Piccard, the around-the-world balloonist, its Goodwill Ambassador for Switzerland, at a United Nations Headquarters press briefing today.

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PRESS BRIEFING ON SIERRA LEONE PEACE PROCESS

The Sierra Leone peace process is at a very critical juncture, with the parties slow to implement its various parts, Carolyn McAskie, Deputy Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator, said at a Headquarters press conference this afternoon. However, it was now starting to move forward.

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BRIEFING BY UNICEF DEPUTY DIRECTOR

The greatest obstacles to implementing the Convention on the Rights of the Child are States' lack of resources, peace and security issues, and the HIV/AIDS pandemic, according to the Deputy Director of Programmes for the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).