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PRESS BRIEFING BY UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR DISARMAMENT AFFAIRS

13 July 1998



Press Briefing

PRESS BRIEFING BY UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR DISARMAMENT AFFAIRS

19980713

The issue of small arms was rapidly becoming a very important item on the disarmament agenda, the Under-Secretary-General for Disarmament Affairs, Jayantha Dhanapala, told a Headquarters press briefing this afternoon. A group of 21 countries would be meeting in Oslo today and tomorrow to discuss issues connected with the subject of small arms and light weapons, he added.

PRESS CONFERENCE ON WORK OF WOMEN'S RIGHTS COMMITTEE

9 July 1998



Press Briefing

PRESS CONFERENCE ON WORK OF WOMEN'S RIGHTS COMMITTEE

19980709

The draft optional protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women was a "path-breaking effort" that would enable individuals to bring their complaints of gender discrimination to the United Nations, the Deputy Director of the United Nations Division for the Advancement of Women told correspondents at a Headquarters briefing today.

PRESS CONFERENCE BY PARLIAMENTARIAN OF THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA

8 July 1998



Press Briefing

PRESS CONFERENCE BY PARLIAMENTARIAN OF THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA

19980708

The Vice-President of the parliament of the Yugoslav Republic of Serbia and leader of the Serbian Renewal Movement political party, Vojislav Mihajlovic, briefed correspondents today at Headquarters on the situation in Serbia, particularly in Kosovo and Metohija.

PRESS BRIEFING BY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME

2 July 1998



Press Briefing

PRESS BRIEFING BY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME

19980702

At a Headquarters press briefing yesterday afternoon, Klaus Töpfer, Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and Chair of the United Nations Task Force on Environment and Human Settlements, presented to correspondents the report of the Task Force to the Secretary- General.

PRESS CONFERENCE BY PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

1 July 1998



Press Briefing

PRESS CONFERENCE BY PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

19980701

The Democratic Republic of the Congo rejected any allegation that the Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of the Congo (ADFL) had pursued an official policy of genocide against the Rwandan Hutus, the permanent representative of that country said this afternoon at a Headquarters press confernce.