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PRESS BRIEFING BY SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR TAJIKISTAN

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PRESS BRIEFING BY WFP ON RELIEF EFFORTS IN WAKE OF HURRICANE MITCH

"Anyone on the ground will tell you this is the worst natural disaster to hit Central America in two centuries", a spokesman for the World Food Programme (WFP), Abby Spring, said during a Headquarters briefing upon her return from a week-long mission to Nicaragua in the wake of Hurricane Mitch.

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PRESS CONFERENCE ON INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF MOUNTAINS, 2002

Asylbek A. Aidaraliev (Kyrgyzstan) told a Headquarters press conference yesterday that promoting the sustainable development of mountains was chief among the reasons his Government had proposed the international community dedicate a year to mountains.

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PRESS BRIEFING BY EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN OF UNSCOM

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PRESS BRIEFING ON BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

Every day was a fight to ensure that the implementation of the Dayton Peace Accords was not forgotten, said the Special Representative and Coordinator of United Nations Operations in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Elisabeth Rehn, at a Headquarters press briefing today.

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PRESS BRIEFING ON 1998 WORLD INVESTMENT REPORT

George Kell, an economist in the Executive Office of the Secretary- General, told correspondents at a Headquarters press briefing today to launch the 1998 World Investment Report, that once again, foreign direct investment (FDI) had hit new record levels in all major country groupings.

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PRESS BRIEFING BY SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN CAMBODIA

The main issue in Cambodia was the continuous problem of impunity, Thomas Hammarberg, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Human Rights in Cambodia, told correspondents at a Headquarters press briefing today.

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PRESS BRIEFING ON REPORTS TO THIRD COMMITTEE

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PRESS BRIEFING ON CHILDREN AND ARMED CONFLICT

The deliberate targeting of civilians, most of them women and children, was on the rise, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Children and Armed Conflict, Olara Otunnu, said at a Headquarters press briefing today. The recruitment and use of children in combat was also on the rise, he added.

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PRESS BRIEFING BY UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR MANAGEMENT

At a Headquarters press briefing this afternoon, Joseph Connor, Under- Secretary-General for Management, told correspondents that the United States had today paid $197 million to the United Nations in assessment payments.