PRESS CONFERENCE ON LAUNCH OF UN-MTV WATER PARTNERSHIP

 

To draw attention to the world’s growing water crisis, Secretary-General Kofi Annan today announced a new partnership between the United Nations, hip-hop recording artist Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter and MTV aimed at enlisting the help of young people in addressing the problem.

PRESS CONFERENCE BY HEAD OF UN ASSESSMENT MISSION TO NEPAL

PRESS CONFERENCE BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

 

Briefing correspondents today on the Security Council’s calendar for August, its President for the month, Nana Effah-Apenteng ( Ghana) said it was evident that the Middle East crisis, particularly Lebanon, would feature prominently on the Council’s agenda.

PRESS CONFERENCE BY WORLD FEDERATION OF UNITED NATIONS ASSOCIATIONS

PRESS CONFERENCE BY Georgia

 

Georgia’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Revaz Adamia, told correspondents at United Nations Headquarters today that his Government had successfully completed an operation to disarm remnants of a defiant rebel militia holed up in the Kodori Gorge region of the breakaway province of Abkhazia.

PRESS CONFERENCE BY UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS

ON DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, MIDDLE EAST

PRESS CONFERENCE ON CÔTE D’IVOIRE ELECTIONS

Warning that the peace process in Côte d’Ivoire was by no means irreversible, the United Nations official responsible for elections in that country emphasized this afternoon that dialogue and confidence-building measures were essential in addressing fears and perceptions of electoral fraud.

PRESS CONFERENCE ON Lebanon humanitarian appeal

 

PRESS CONFERENCE BY middle east mission

PRESS CONFERENCE BY emergency relief coordinator on lebanon relief efforts