In progress at UNHQ

Press Conference


28 October 1999



Press Briefing


PRESS BRIEFING BY FOUR UN AGENCIES ANNOUNCING JOINT EFFORT TO REDUCE MATERNAL MORTALITY

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Every minute of every day, somewhere in the world, a woman died as the result of complications arising during pregnancy and childbirth, according to a joint statement by four United Nations agencies issued at a Headquarters press briefing this morning.

27 October 1999



Press Briefing


PRESS BRIEFING BY SECRETARY-GENERAL'S SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

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"Bosnia and Herzegovina is a patient that is recovering from a grave illness and surviving on life support systems", Jacques Klein, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Coordinator of United Nations activities in Bosnia and Herzegovina, said at a Headquarters briefing this afternoon.

27 October 1999



Press Briefing


BRIEFING BY UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS

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Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Sergio Vieira de Mello this afternoon briefed correspondents at Headquarters on the situation in East Africa, from which he had just returned, and on his recent appointment as the Special Representative of the Secretary- General for East Timor.