Press Conference

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PRESS CONFERENCE BY MINISTER LOUIS FARRAKHAN OF NATION OF ISLAM

The Secretary-General was successful in his efforts to avert a catastrophe that could have affected the whole world because he spoke on behalf of the Security Council and also because he listened to the "pain and the hurt" of the Iraqi people, Minister Louis Farrakhan, of the Nation of Islam, said today at a Headquarters press conference sponsored by Libya.

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PRESS BRIEFING BY SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

Violence against women was a universal problem that was often overlooked, the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, Radhika Coomaraswamy, told correspondents at a press briefing this afternoon.

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PRESS BRIEFING BY UNDP ADMINISTRATOR AND NEWLY APPOINTED GOODWILL AMBASSADOR

It was possible to put mass poverty into the dustbin of history within the lifetimes of today's children, the Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), James Gustave Speth, told correspondents at a Headquarters press briefing this morning upon the appointment of actor Danny Glover as UNDP Goodwill Ambassador.

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PRESS BRIEFING ON WOMEN'S HUMAN RIGHTS

Representatives of five international organizations addressed correspondents on women's human rights this morning, at a press briefing sponsored by the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM). Roxanna Carrillo, Adviser to UNIFEM, facilitated questions and answers.

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PRESS CONFERENCE BY PARLIAMENTARY UNDER-SECRETARY OF STATE FOR WOMEN OF UNITED KINGDOM

The human rights of women were not truly respected anywhere in the world, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Women of the United Kingdom, Joan Ruddock, told correspondents at a Headquarters press conference this afternoon.

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PRESS CONFERENCE BY LIBYA

The ruling of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) favouring its jurisdiction over the Lockerbie case clearly favoured Libya's position, the Permanent Representative of Libya to the United Nations, Abuzed Dorda, told correspondents at a Headquarters press conference this afternoon.

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PRESS BRIEFING BY USG FOR LEGAL AFFAIRS AND UN LEGAL COUNSEL

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BRIEFING BY COMMISSION ON POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT

At a Headquarters press briefing this afternoon, United Nations Member States were urged to begin their preparations for the fifth-year review of the 1994 Cairo International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), scheduled for a special session of the General Assembly in 1999.

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PRESS CONFERENCE BY PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

The Security Council should investigate evidence of Srebrenica prisoners being held in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Muhamed Sacirbey, Permanent Representative of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the United Nations, told a Headquarters press conference this morning.

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PRESS BRIEFING BY EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN OF UNSCOM

Richard Butler, Executive Chairman of the United Nations Special Commission which was established by Security Council resolution 687 (1991) in connection with the elimination of Iraq's weapons of mass destruction (UNSCOM), addressed correspondents and responded to questions during today's press briefing at Headquarters.