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Press Conference


30 September 1996



Press Briefing

PRESS CONFERENCE BY BOLIVIA

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Antonio Aranibar Quiroga, Bolivia's Minister for Foreign Affairs and Secretary pro tempore of the Rio Group, told correspondents at a Headquarters press conference Friday afternoon that the "Rio Group" had completed an ambitious schedule of meetings during the first week of general debate in the General Assembly.

30 September 1996



Press Briefing

PRESS BRIEFING BY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF UNICEF

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The mid-decade goal of the 1990 World Summit for Children of 80 per cent immunization coverage for diphtheria, measles, polio, tuberculosis and whooping cough had been met by 129 countries, Carol Bellamy, Executive Director of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), told correspondents at a Headquarters press conference this morning.

27 September 1996



Press Briefing

PRESS CONFERENCE BY PRIME MINISTER OF MALAYSIA

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Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, Prime Minister of Malaysia, held a press conference at Headquarters this afternoon following his address to the General Assembly's general debate earlier in the day.

27 September 1996



Press Briefing

PRESS CONFERENCE BY COSTA RICA

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26 September 1996



Press Briefing

PRESS CONFERENCE BY EUROPEAN UNION

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26 September 1996



Press Briefing

PRESS CONFERENCE BY PRESIDENT OF GUATEMALA

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At a Headquarters press conference this afternoon, President Alvaro Arzu Irigoyen of Guatemala told correspondents that Guatemalans were fast approaching the signing of the final agreement towards a "firm and lasting peace". That agreement would end Guatemala's 36-year armed conflict -- the longest in the Latin American region.