In progress at UNHQ

Press Conference


6 May 2008
Press Conference
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

PRESS CONFERENCE on sustainable development commission

 


The Commission on Sustainable Development had a vital role to play in dealing with the global food crisis and related issues of agriculture, drought and desertification, correspondents were told at a Headquarters press conference this morning.

2 May 2008
Press Conference
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

PRESS CONFERENCE BY NEW SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON RIGHT TO FOOD


Olivier De Schutter, the newly appointed Special Rapporteur on the right to food, called today for the convening of a special session of the United Nations Human Rights Council as part of the international community’s effort to address the world food crisis.

1 May 2008
Press Conference
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

PRESS CONFERENCE BY CANADA’S MINISTER FOR INDIAN AFFAIRS AND NORTHERN DEVELOPMENT


Aboriginal rights in Canada were not ignored, but actually lauded and enshrined in the Constitution, the country’s Minister for Indian Affairs and Northern Development and Federal Interlocutor for Métis and Non-Status Indians, said today.