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04/11/2004
Press Briefing

Press conference by Special Representative for Sudan

 


To prevent the situation in Darfur from devolving into anarchy, the parties must be held accountable and a sizeable force must be deployed, according to Jan Pronk, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the Sudan, who this afternoon answered correspondents’ questions at a Headquarters press conference concerning his earlier briefing to the Security Council.

01/11/2004
Press Briefing

Press conference by SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN MYANMAR


(Issued on 2 November 2004)


Paulo Sergio Pinheiro, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, said he was “somewhat sceptical” that there would be democracy “at the end of the tunnel” when the country hosted a meeting of the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) in 2006.

29/10/2004
Press Briefing

Press conference by NORWAY’S MINISTER OF INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT


Reaching the Millennium Development Goals would require the kind of reforms her country was instituting with its approach to the peace process in the Sudan, Norway’s Minister of International Development said this afternoon at a Headquarters press conference.

28/10/2004
Press Briefing

PRESS BRIEFING ON WOMEN, PEACE AND SECURITY


(Issued on 29 October 2004.)


While women were taking part in more peacekeeping missions, they were still largely excluded from high-level United Nations, civilian and military police jobs, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Jean-Marie Guéhenno said at a Headquarters press briefing today.

28/10/2004
Press Briefing

PRESS BRIEFING BY SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON RIGHT TO FOOD


(Issued on 29 October 2004)


Because of the world’s riches, dying from hunger today was absurd, unnecessary and reflected a “murderous world order”, Jean Ziegler, Special Rapporteur on the right to food, told correspondents at a Headquarters press briefing this morning.

27/10/2004
Press Briefing

press BRIEFING by high commissioner for human rights

 


(Issued on 28 October 2004.)


The “Action Two” reform initiative launched today called for the United Nations to adopt a system-wide approach to support the capacity of interested Member States in protecting and strengthening human rights at the country level, Louise Arbour, High Commissioner for Human Rights, told correspondents today at a Headquarters press briefing.