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Press Conference

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).

DAILY BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

15 January 1999



Press Briefing

DAILY BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

19990115

Fred Eckhard, Spokesman for the Secretary-General, began today's noon briefing by informing correspondents that the Security Council had this morning adopted resolution 1222 (1999) extending the mandate of the United Nations Mission of Observers in Prevlaka (UNMOP) -- in Croatia -- until 15 July.

PRESS CONFERENCE ON ANNE FRANK DECLARATION

14 January 1999



Press Briefing

PRESS CONFERENCE ON ANNE FRANK DECLARATION

19990114

Secretary-General Kofi Annan this morning became the first world leader to sign the Anne Frank Declaration, Gilian Walnes, Executive Secretary of the Anne Frank Educational Trust, announced at a Headquarters press conference this afternoon. The Declaration commits signatories "to work towards a better world, free of bigotry, in the new millennium".

PRESS CONFERENCE BY NIGERIAN AUTHOR CHINUA ACHEBE, UNFPA GOODWILL AMBASSADOR

7 January 1999



Press Briefing

PRESS CONFERENCE BY NIGERIAN AUTHOR CHINUA ACHEBE, UNFPA GOODWILL AMBASSADOR

19990107

The renowned Nigerian author, Chinua Achebe, who has been appointed a Goodwill Ambassador of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), was introduced to correspondents at a Headquarters press briefing this morning.

PRESS CONFERENCE BY DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

7 January 1999



Press Briefing

PRESS CONFERENCE BY DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

19990107

The Security Council must show "clear support" for regional efforts to achieve peace in the conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, André Mwamba Kapanga, the country's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, told a Headquarters press conference this afternoon.