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PRESS CONFERENCE BY CHAIRMAN OF IRAQ SANCTIONS COMMITTEE

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PRESS CONFERENCE BY PRIME MINISTER OF NAMIBIA

"We always boast in Namibia that the relationship between the United Nations and Namibia will never be broken", Hage G. Geingob, Prime Minister of Namibia, told correspondents at a Headquarters press conference this morning, in which he reviewed his country's progress since its independence in 1990.

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PRESS CONFERENCE ON FUNDING TO ADDRESS EFFECTS OF CHERNOBYL DISASTER

The urgent need for funds to help alleviate the continuing effects of the 1986 disaster at the Chernobyl power plant was stressed this afternoon at a Headquarters press conference by the Permanent Representatives of Belarus, the Russian Federation and Ukraine. Also participating was Under-Secretary- General for Humanitarian Affairs, Sergio Vieira de Mello.

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PRESS CONFERENCE ON SIXTH SESSION OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION

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PRESS CONFERENCE BY SOUTH AFRICA'S MINISTER FOR WATER AFFAIRS AND FORESTRY

South Africa's Minister for Water Affairs and Forestry, Kader Asmal, told correspondents this morning at a Headquarters press conference that increasing population and rapid urbanization were threatening freshwater supplies in Africa.

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PRESS BRIEFING BY CHAIRMAN OF GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY

At a Headquarters press briefing this afternoon, Mohammed T. El-Ashry, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Global Environment Facility (GEF), said good policies and strong institutions were essential to the pursuit of environmentally sustainable development.

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PRESS BRIEFING ON BUSINESS AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Voluntary industry initiatives were important policy tools for promoting sound environmental management, participants at the High-Level Advisory Panel on Business and Sustainable Development declared today at the end of its one- day informal dialogue.

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PRESS CONFERENCE BY DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER OF UNITED KINGDOM

At a Headquarters press conference this morning, the Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, John Prescott, called on the developing nations to sign the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

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PRESS BRIEFING BY DIVISION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ON INDUSTRY, CONSUMPTION, LABOUR, TRADE

At a press briefing this afternoon at Headquarters, sponsored by the Division for Sustainable Development of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs, panellists addressed the issue, "Industry, Consumption, Labour and Trade: Who will Protect the Environment?"