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DPI DAILY PRESS BRIEFING
FranUois Giuliani began today's DPI press briefing by announcing that the
Secretary-General was at present following the debate in the Security Council,
in which Panama and the United States were the only speakers. When the
Council meeting was finished, Jorge E. Ritter, Minister for Foreign Affairs of
Panama, was to hold a press conference in room S-226.
Mr.Giuliani said that at 1p.m. the Secretary-General was scheduled to
meet with Jorge Alberto Vazquez, the new Permanent Representative of
Argentina, for presentation of credentials. At 1:15p.m. he would meet with
StanislawPawlak, the new Permanent Representative of Poland, also for
presentation of credentials. And at 2:30p.m. he was to meet with the Charg|
d'affaires of China, at the Charg|'s request.
At 3p.m., Mr.Giuliani continued, the Secretary-General was to meet with
NoorAhmadNoor, the new Permanent Representative of Afghanistan, for
presentation of credentials. At 3:15p.m., he was to meet with RicardoV.Luna,
the new Permanent Representative of Peru, also for presentation of
credentials. And at 4p.m. he would be meeting with
SirCrispinTickell of the United Kingdom, at the Ambassador's request.
At 5p.m., Mr.Giuliani said, the five permanent members of the Security
Council were to meet with the Secretary-General, at his request, to discuss
the situation in Lebanon.
Mr.Giuliani drew attention to a letter from the Ambassador of Zimbabwe,
IsackStanislausGorerazvoMudenge, in his capacity as Chairman of the
Co-ordinating Bureau of the Non-Aligned Countries, requesting an urgent
meeting of the Security Council to consider "South Africa's non-compliance
with the requirements of United Nations Security Council resolution435 on the
Namibian independence plan". Mr.Giuliani said it was his understanding that
the Council was to hold consultations on Wednesday, 16August, at ll a.m., to
be followed by a meeting. He expected that the Council would continue to meet
on this matter until the end of the week.
Regarding Namibia, Mr.Giuliani said that yesterday, at approximately
9:20p.m. (local time), there was a "grave incident" at the regional office of
the United Nations Transition Assistance Group (UNTAG) at Outjo. The office,
he said, was "attacked and substantially damaged" by what appeared to have
been gunfire and explosives, possibly hand grenades. A private security guard
assigned to the UNTAG premises by a private security firm based in Windhoek
was killed in the attack.
On the same evening, Mr.Giuliani continued, a similar attack was carried
out against a drill hall in the military compound at Outjo where weapons are
stored. Members of the UNTAG Kenyan battalion were also housed within that
compound. In this second incident, there was light damage but no injuries
were reported.
Mr.Giuliani said that Martti Ahtisaari, Special Representative of the
Secretary-General for Namibia, made a statement in which he deplored all acts
of terrorism, whether directed against the United Nations or any other party.
Mr.Ahtisaari said that he expected "all Namibians to unite in the condemnation
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