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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.

PRESS BRIEFING ON NEW UN WEB SITE

21 January 1999



Press Briefing

PRESS BRIEFING ON NEW UN WEB SITE

19990121

A new United Nations Web site -- www.un.org/partners -- which will enable non-governmental organizations and the private sector to access the Organization's programmes was formally launched at Thursday's noon briefing. (See also Press Release PI/1113 issued today.)

PRESS CONFERENCE ON PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS

20 January 1999



Press Briefing

PRESS CONFERENCE ON PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS

19990120

Toxic chemicals moving freely across the globe and causing sustained damage to all forms of life would be the subject of international negotiations next week, correspondents were told by representatives of industry, government and non-governmental organizations Tuesday morning, at a press conference sponsored by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).