Press Conference

26 June 1997

Press Briefing

PRESS BRIEFING ON ENVIRONMENT BY COMMONWEALTH REPRESENTATIVES

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Senator Robert Hill, Australia's Minister for Environment, told correspondents at a press conference yesterday afternoon that environment ministers of Commonwealth countries had met under his chairmanship in New York on Tuesday, 24 June to review progress in implementing the commitments of the Rio Conference on Environment and Development.

25 June 1997

Press Briefing

PRESS CONFERENCE BY MINISTER FOR ENVIRONMENT OF NORWAY

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At a Headquarters press conference this morning, the Minister for Environment of Norway, Thorbjorn Berntsen, told correspondents that Arctic issues had become global issues. Cooperation among the eight Arctic countries on key issues in the region was essential, but domestic and international action was also crucial to reduce the threat to the Arctic environment.

25 June 1997

Press Briefing

DAILY BRIEFING ON SPECIAL SESSION OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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Samsiah Abdul-Majid, spokeswoman for the President of the General Assembly, began the briefing on the special session on the review of implementation of Agenda 21, by announcing that at the beginning of this morning's plenary the President "with sadness informed the Assembly of the death of Jacques-Yves Cousteau". She then read the following statement:

25 June 1997

Press Briefing

PRESS CONFERENCE BY MINISTER OF ENVIRONMENT OF MONGOLIA

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Mongolia's Government will immediately expand the country's environmentally protected area from 10 per cent to 15 per cent of its territory, with 30 per cent of the country ultimately being turned into national parks and other protected areas, the State's Minister for the Environment, Adyasuren Tsohio, told reporters at a Headquarters press conference this morning.

25 June 1997

Press Briefing

PRESS BRIEFING ON WORLD DRUG REPORT

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Giorgio Giacomelli, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Vienna and Executive Director of the United Nations International Drug Control Programme, told correspondents at a Headquarters press briefing this morning that the new World Drug Report was a snapshot of the world drug situation captured at a particular stage in its evolution.

24 June 1997

Press Briefing

DAILY BRIEFING ON SPECIAL SESSION OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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Samsiah Abdul-Majid, the spokesman for the President of the General Assembly, began the briefing on the special session on the review of implementation of Agenda 21, by announcing that 23 speakers had addressed the plenary this morning and some 22 were expected to make statements this afternoon.

24 June 1997

Press Briefing

PRESS CONFERENCE BY PRIME MINISTER OF NETHERLANDS

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The General Assembly's special session to review the implementation of Agenda 21 should not only assess what had been done to protect the environment, but should also set out policy lines for sustainable development for the future, the Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Willem Kok, told correspondents at a Headquarters press conference yesterday afternoon, 23 June.

24 June 1997

Press Briefing

PRESS CONFERENCE BY PRIME MINISTER OF SLOVENIA

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Slovenia, a new player on the international scene, was trying to become one of the new members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and of the Security Council, Prime Minister Hanez Drnovsek, told correspondents at a Headquarters press conference this afternoon.

23 June 1997

Press Briefing

PRESS CONFERENCE ON NEGOTIATIONS OF SPECIAL SESSION OUTCOME

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23 June 1997

Press Briefing

PRESS BRIEFING BY UNICEF REPRESENTATIVE IN BURUNDI

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Burundi today could be characterized as a country facing a very deep political impasse which had caused a human tragedy, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) representative in Burundi, Michel Sidibe, told correspondents at a Headquarters press briefing on Friday afternoon, 20 June.