Meetings Coverage and Press Releases

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Press Conference

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.

PRESS BRIEFING BY REPRESENTATIVE OF SECRETARY-GENERAL IN LIBERIA

11 March 1999



Press Briefing

PRESS BRIEFING BY REPRESENTATIVE OF SECRETARY-GENERAL IN LIBERIA

19990311

Felix Downes-Thomas, Representative of the Secretary-General in Liberia and Head of the United Nations Peace-building Support Office, told correspondents this afternoon that while stability and peace seemed to be holding in Liberia, from a sub-regional perspective, there were enough independent elements for divisiveness in the region.

PRESS CONFERENCE BY ERITREA

5 March 1999



Press Briefing

PRESS CONFERENCE BY ERITREA

19990305

Mass deportations had been taking place in Ethiopia, in which between 500 and 1,800 people were deported at once, Asmaron Legesse, Director of Research of the non-governmental organization Citizens for Peace in Eritrea told correspondents at a press conference at Headquarters on Thursday.