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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.
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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.
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PRESS CONFERENCE BY ZOGBY INTERNATIONAL ON OPINION OF UNITED STATES VOTERS ABOUT UNITED NATIONS
19990104
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PRESS CONFERENCE ON EUROPEAN UNION'S ASSESSMENT OF FIFTY-THIRD SESSION
19981222
The United Nations needed a sound and predictable financial basis to carry out the many mandates given to it by the just-ended fifty-third session of the General Assembly, Ernst Sucharipa, Permanent Representative of Austria, said at a Headquarters press conference this morning.
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PRESS CONFERENCE BY UNDP RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE IN BURUNDI
19981215
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PRESS BRIEFING BY DIRECTOR OF DIVISION OF INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION FOR UNHCR
19981211
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PRESS BRIEFING BY HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
19981210
The Office of the Human Rights Commissioner needed more resources to support human rights mechanisms and treaty bodies and to be a catalyst for human rights initiatives, the High Commissioner, Mary Robinson, said at a Headquarters' press briefing this morning.
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PRESS CONFERENCE BY UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS PRIZE WINNERS
19981210
United Nations Human Rights Defenders Award winner Angelina Acheng Atyam of Uganda appealed this morning to the international press to expose the abduction and enslavement of Ugandan children by local rebel groups.
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PRESS CONFERENCE ON 1998 GLOBAL CAMPAIGN FOR WOMEN'S HUMAN RIGHTS
19981210
There could not be human rights without women's rights, correspondents were told this afternoon in a press conference on the 1998 Global Campaign for Women's Human Rights to demand greater attention and resources to protect and promote women's human rights.