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Press Conference

PRESS CONFERENCE BY MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF UGANDA

23 March 1999



Press Briefing

PRESS CONFERENCE BY MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF UGANDA

19990323

Amama Mbabazi, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Uganda, said at a Headquarters press conference this morning that, contrary to the "pervasive pessimism of the international community outside", progress was being made to resolve the conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

PRESS CONFERENCE BY UN POPULATION FUND

23 March 1999



Press Briefing

PRESS CONFERENCE BY UN POPULATION FUND

19990323

About 60 per cent of the world's fertile couples had access to family planning services and the use of contraception today, compared with 10 per cent at the inception of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) 30 years ago, Robin Chandler Duke, Co-Chairperson of Population Action International, told a Headquarters press conference this afternoon.

PRESS CONFERENCE ON PREPARATIONS FOR GENERAL ASSEMBLY SPECIAL SESSION ON 'WOMEN 2000: GENDER EQUALITY, DEVELOPMENT AND PEACE'

19 March 1999



Press Briefing

PRESS CONFERENCE ON PREPARATIONS FOR GENERAL ASSEMBLY SPECIAL SESSION ON 'WOMEN 2000: GENDER EQUALITY, DEVELOPMENT AND PEACE'

19990319

Progress and developments made so far in preparation for the General Assembly special session on "Women 2000: gender equality, development and peace for the twenty-first century" were discussed this morning in a press conference at Headquarters.

PRESS BRIEFING ON OPTIONAL PROTOCOL TO WOMEN'S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION CONVENTION

15 March 1999



Press Briefing

PRESS BRIEFING ON OPTIONAL PROTOCOL TO WOMEN'S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION CONVENTION

19990315

The major success of the Commission on the Status of Women in 1999 was the approval of an optional protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, Patricia Flor of Germany, Chairperson of the Commission, told correspondents at a Headquarters press briefing this morning.