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PRESS CONFERENCE MARKING FORTIETH RATIFICATION OF LANDMINES CONVENTION TRIGGERING MARCH 1991 ENTRY INTO FORCE

The world had taken a major step towards becoming a safer and more humane place, the Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Choi Young-Jin, told correspondents at a Headquarters press conference this morning.

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PRESS BRIEFING BY SECRETARY-GENERAL'S SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR CHILDREN AND ARMED CONFLICT

Some 300,000 people had been displaced by the fighting in Kosovo, more than 60 per cent of whom were children, Olara Otunnu, Special Representative for the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, said this morning as he recommended a three-pronged approach to deal with the "unfolding tragedy".

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PRESS BRIEFING BY USG FOR ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS

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PRESS BRIEFING BY UNCTAD ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT REPORT 1998

The Trade and Development Report 1998 of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), being released officially on Wednesday, 16 September, was introduced to correspondents at a Headquarters press briefing this morning.

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PRESS BRIEFING ON WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION

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PRESS CONFERENCE SPONSORED BY BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

Despite a multi-ethnic administration, judiciary and police, and the reconstruction of infrastructure, the international community's contributions were still needed in Brcko, correspondents were told this afternoon at a Headquarters press conference by that city's Mayor, Borko Reljic, and two Deputy Mayors, Ivan Krandelj and Mirsad Islamovic.

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PRESS BRIEFING BY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF OFFICE OF IRAQ PROGRAMME

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PRESS BRIEFING OF UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR LEGAL AFFAIRS

Hans Corell, the Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs and the Legal Counsel, said the decision handed down yesterday by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, in the case involving a former mayor, was a decisive step in the creation of an international justice system.

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PRESS BRIEFING BY SENIOR RESEARCHER OF UNFPA

The global population of nearly 6 billion people was made up of record numbers of young and older persons, correspondents were told this morning at a Headquarters press briefing to launch the new report: The State of the World Population 1998.

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PRESS BRIEFING BY UNSCOM EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN

At a Headquarters press briefing this afternoon, the Executive Chairman of the United Nations Special Commission on the disarmament of Iraq (UNSCOM), Richard Butler, said that yesterday UNSCOM Inspector William S. Ritter had handed in his letter of resignation.