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PRESS BRIEFING BY SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR CHILDREN AND ARMED CONFLICT

The Government of Colombia and the main guerilla movement, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), have agreed to place children's issues on the peace agenda, the Special Representative of the Secretary- General for Children and Armed Children, Olara Otunnu, said at a Headquarters press briefing today.

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PRESS CONFERENCE BY CHAIRMAN OF CARE AUSTRALIA

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PRESS BRIEFING ON WORK OF PREPARATORY COMMITTEE FOR SPECIAL ASSEMBLY SESSION ON 1995 SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SUMMIT OUTCOME

There would be no re-negotiation of the Copenhagen Agreement, John Langmore, Director of the Division for Social Policy and Development in the Department of Economic and Social Affairs, told correspondents at a Headquarters press conference this afternoon.

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PRESS BRIEFING ON ANGOLA

Fighting and war in Angola had resulted in 1.6 million displaced people, said Francesco Strippoli, United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator for that country, in a press briefing today at Headquarters.

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PRESS CONFERENCE ON WORLD NO TOBACCO DAY

World No Tobacco Day was the only global event dedicated to calling worldwide attention to the tobacco epidemic, Dr. David Kessler, Dean, Yale University School of Medicine and former Commissioner of the United States Food and Drug Administration, told correspondents this morning at a Headquarters press conference given by the Coalition for World No Tobacco Day.

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PRESS CONFERENCE BY FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA

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PRESS CONFERENCE BY INTERNATIONAL CAMPAIGN TO BAN LANDMINES

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PRESS BRIEFING BY SPECIAL ENVOY ON BALKANS

The Secretary-General's Special Envoy for the Balkans, Eduard Kukan, told correspondents today that there was definite support for the inclusion of the United Nations in the process of finding a solution to the crisis in the Balkans, but differences in the extent and timing of that inclusion remained to be negotiated.

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PRESS BRIEFING BY HIGH REPRESENTATIVE FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF PEACE AGREEMENT ON BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

The Kosovo crisis had stalled the pace of the peace process in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Carlos Westendorp, the High Representative for the Implementation of the Peace Agreement on Bosnia and Herzegovina, said today at a Headquarters press briefing.

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PRESS CONFERENCE ON REPUBLIC OF CONGO

An alarming aspect of the crises in the Republic of the Congo had been the enrolment of approximately 15,000 youths in military action and a lack of funds to reintegrate them into civilian life, the Humanitarian and Resident Coordinator for the Republic of the Congo told correspondents this afternoon at a Headquarters press conference.