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UN Briefing, Sarajevo

Sarajevo

The UN had daily briefings for the media in Sarajevo. The number of press who actually resided in the city was relatively small, and the group in this photo is typical. When the story was really hot, like when the UN was about to evacuate a planeload of orphans to prove that they weren't really totally useless, for example, the crowd of journalists might swell to 75. On the right is John Burns of the New York Times. To his right is Kurt Schork of Reuters. I do not recognize the next woman, and to her right is Roy Gutman of Newsday. Both Burns and Gutman won Pulitzers for their coverage of the war.

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Anthony Massey 31-Jul-2011 18:42
The man giving the briefing is Commander Barry Frewer of the Canadian Navy, who was UNPROFOR spokesman.