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Press Conference

PRESS CONFERENCE BY CHAIRMAN OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION

8 February 1999



Press Briefing

PRESS CONFERENCE BY CHAIRMAN OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION

19990208

At a special session of the General Assembly in the year 2000, the world would be examined, after five years, on their efforts to put social concerns at the centre of their economic policies, Ambassador Aurelio Fernandez (Spain), Chairman of the Commission for Social Development, told correspondents at a Headquarters press conference this morning.

PRESS BRIEFING ON CURRENT SESSION OF WOMEN'S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE

4 February 1999



Press Briefing

PRESS BRIEFING ON CURRENT SESSION OF WOMEN'S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE

19990204

The major impediments to the achievement of de facto equality of women were stereotypical attitudes and the fact that people had still not realized that women's rights were human rights, the Secretary-General's Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women, Angela King, told correspondents at a Headquarters press briefing this morning.

PRESS BRIEFING BY CHIEF OF OCHA EMERGENCY LIAISON BRANCH

1 February 1999



Press Briefing

PRESS BRIEFING BY CHIEF OF OCHA EMERGENCY LIAISON BRANCH

19990201

The humanitarian situation in Sierra Leone could be described as very serious with the likely possibility of further deterioration if the current political and military situation continued, Kevin Kennedy, Chief of the Emergency Liaison Branch of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) told correspondents today at a Headquarters press briefing.

PRESS CONFERENCE BY SIERRA LEONE

29 January 1999



Press Briefing

PRESS CONFERENCE BY SIERRA LEONE

19990129

The conflict in Sierra Leone was not internal, but a regional one, and the Security Council should be more even-handed in its approach to the crisis, the country's Finance Minister, James Jonah, told a Headquarters press conference this morning.

PRESS CONFERENCE BY GEORGIA

29 January 1999



Press Briefing

PRESS CONFERENCE BY GEORGIA

19990129

Negotiations to resolve the conflict in Abkhazia, Georgia, were deadlocked and a more radical solution was needed, correspondents were told this morning at a Headquarters press conference sponsored by Georgia's Mission.