27 October 1998
In progress at UNHQ
Press Conference
26 October 1998
Press Briefing
NUCLEAR ARMS ABOLITION MOVEMENT PRESS CONFERENCE
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A petition of more than 13 million signatures in support of a campaign calling for the abolition of nuclear weapons was initiated in Japan by a second-generation Hiroshima survivor, a representative of Soka Gakkai International, Andrew Gebert, said at a Headquarters press conference today.
23 October 1998
Press Briefing
PRESS CONFERENCE ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
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In a world where knowledge was a very important commercial asset, intellectual property was an inexhaustible resource, the Director of Global Communications and Public Policy for the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Geoffrey Yu, said today at a Headquarters press conference.
23 October 1998
Press Briefing
PRESS CONFERENCE ON THIRD WORLDWIDE VIGIL FOR UNITED NATIONS
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If every American citizen would pay just $7, an amount less than the cost of attending a movie, the United States would be able to pay its arrears to the United Nations, James Paul, Executive Director of the Global Policy Forum, said at a Headquarters press conference this morning.
23 October 1998
Press Briefing
PRESS CONFERENCE ON WAR-TORN SOCIETIES PROJECT
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22 October 1998
Press Briefing
PRESS CONFERENCE ON CD-ROM LAUNCHED BY ADMINISTRATION AND COST OF ELECTIONS PROJECT
19981022
With multi-party elections taking place for the first time in 51 countries between 1988 and 1998, some people had spoken of a new age of democracy. But the real question, according to Bengt Save-Soderbergh, Secretary-General of the Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance, was whether this new impetus towards elections would last.
22 October 1998
Press Briefing
PRESS BRIEFING ON CHILDREN AND ARMED CONFLICT
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The continued use of children in hostilities and a growth in the numbers of children being displaced were among the greatest concerns in the arena of his work, the Secretary-General's Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict, Olara Otunnu, said in a Headquarters press briefing on Wednesday.
22 October 1998
Press Briefing
PRESS CONFERENCE ON CD-ROM LAUNCHED BY ADMINISTRATION AND COST OF ELECTIONS PROJECT
19981022
With multi-party elections taking place for the first time in 51 countries between 1988 and 1998, some people had spoken of a new age of democracy. But the real question, according to Bengt Save-Soderbergh, Secretary-General of the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance, was whether this new impetus towards elections would last.
22 October 1998
Press Briefing
PRESS BRIEFING ON CLIMATE CHANGE
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Michael Zammit-Cutajar, Executive Secretary, secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, said at a Headquarters press briefing this morning that the Fourth Session of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Buenos Aires, to be held from 2 to 13 November, would be the first in the convention process to be held in a developing country.
22 October 1998