In progress at UNHQ

Press Conference


21 May 1998



Press Briefing

PRESS CONFERENCE BY BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

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Now that the bloodshed in Bosnia and Herzegovina had stopped and the military and political goals of the peace accords had advanced, the focus should be on healing and reconciliation, that country's four religious leaders said yesterday afternoon at a Headquarters press conference.

18 May 1998



Press Briefing

PRESS BRIEFING BY USG FOR DISARMAMENT AFFAIRS

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At a Headquarters press briefing, Under-Secretary-General for Disarmament Affairs Jayantha Dhanapala reviewed the response of the United Nations to the five underground nuclear tests conducted by India on 11 and 13 May.

18 May 1998



Press Briefing

PRESS BRIEFING BY USG FOR LEGAL AFFAIRS AND UN LEGAL COUNSEL

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What mechanism will trigger investigations by an international criminal court and what will that court's relationship with the United Nations be? Those would be among the key questions to be addressed by the United Nations Diplomatic Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court, to be held in Rome from 15 June to 17 July.

14 May 1998



Press Briefing

UNDP PRESS BRIEFING ON SOMALIA

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At a Headquarters press briefing today, Dominik Langenbacher, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Resident Representative for Somalia, told correspondents that the country was a failed State in crisis, where military and political problems were exacerbated by floods.

14 May 1998



Press Briefing

UNDP PRESS BRIEFING ON SOMALIA

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At a Headquarters press briefing today, Dominik Langenbacher, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Resident Representative for Somalia, told correspondents that the country was a failed State in crisis, where military and political problems were exacerbated by floods.

13 May 1998



Press Briefing

PRESS BRIEFING ON ASSISTANCE FOR SOUTHERN SUDAN

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At a Headquarters press briefing this afternoon, Emergency Relief Coordinator and Under- Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Sergio Vieira de Mello, made an urgent appeal to the international community for assistance for the people of southern Sudan.