PRESS CONFERENCE ON 2008 SMALL ARMS SURVEY

 

As delegates gathered in New York to consider the implementation of the Programme of Action on the illicit trafficking in small arms and light weapons, the Small Arms Survey 2008: Risks and Resilience, was launched at a Headquarters press conference this morning.

press conference by emergency relief coordinator on crisis in horn of africa

The top United Nations humanitarian official called today for scaled-up efforts to address a severe humanitarian crisis in the Horn of Africa, caused by a combination of drought and soaring food and oil prices.

PRESS CONFERENCE BY MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF PAKISTAN

 

A broad understanding had been reached on the establishment by the Secretary-General of a commission of inquiry into Benazir Bhutto’s assassination, Pakistan’s Minister for Foreign Affairs said at a Headquarters press conference this afternoon.

PRESS CONFERENCE BY EMERGENCY RELIEF COORDINATOR ON LAUNCH

 

OF REVISED APPEAL FOR MYANMAR

 

PRESS CONFERENCE BY GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT

 

PRESS CONFERENCE BY SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE ON CHILDREN AND ARMED CONFLICT

The Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict today expressed concern at the deteriorating security situation in Afghanistan, as well as the recruitment and detention of children and sexual violence against boys in that country.

PRESS CONFERENCE BY MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF IRAN

 

Protagonists on both sides of the Iran nuclear-Power issue needed time to study the latest proposals aimed at defusing the situation, the country’s Minister for Foreign Affairs said at a Headquarters press conference today.

PRESS CONFERENCE BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

 

PRESS CONFERENCE ON NATIONAL VOLUNTARY PRESENTATIONS TO ANNUAL MINISTERIAL REVIEW

AT HIGH-LEVEL SEGMENT OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL’S 2008 SUBSTANTIVE SESSION

PRESS CONFERENCE BY PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF FRANCE TO UNITED NATIONS

ON FRANCE’S FORTHCOMING PRESIDENCY OF EUROPEAN UNION IN JULY

“The United Nations is essential for the world, and the European Union is essential for the United Nations,” the Permanent Representative of France said today at a Headquarters press conference.