PRESS CONFERENCE BY GEORGIA SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE

“The work done on issues related to the return of internally displaced persons was this year’s major achievement in the peace process for Georgia”, said Heidi Tagliavini, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Georgia, at a Headquarters press conference this afternoon.

PRESS BRIEFING BY SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON ‘RIGHT TO FOOD’

At a Headquarters press conference this afternoon, Jean Ziegler, Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights on the right to food, briefed correspondents on his report, highlighting his mission to the occupied Palestinian territories.

PRESS BRIEFING ON GLOBAL EFFORT AGAINST EYE DISEASE, TRACHOMA

PRESS BRIEFING ON UNITED NATIONS FOUNDATION

At a Headquarters press briefing this morning, Ted Turner, Chairman of the United Nations Foundation (UNF) and Timothy E. Wirth, President of the Foundation, briefed correspondents on the Foundation’s Board of Directors meeting and introduced some of its new initiatives. 

PRESS BRIEFING BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Ismael Abraão Gaspar Martins, permanent representative of Angola, briefed correspondents this morning on the work programme of the Security Council during Angola’s presidency during the month of November.

PRESS BRIEFING ON WORLD SUMMIT ON INFORMATION SOCIETY

The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) would focus on how to close the “digital divide” in key areas of connectivity, computerization and capacity for content development between developed and developing countries, Nitin Desai, the Secretary-General’s Special Adviser for the Summit, told correspondents this morning at a Headquarters press briefing.

PRESS BRIEFING BY UNRWA COMMISSIONER-GENERAL

While donations had increased for the regular programmes of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), donations to its emergency programme had fallen off dramatically, according to Peter Hansen, Commissioner-General of the Agency, who addressed correspondents at a Headquarters press briefing this afternoon.

PRESS CONFERENCE BY PRESIDENT OF UGANDA

PRESS CONFERENCE ON INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF RICE

The decision to mark 2004 as the International Year of Rice was the first time the United Nations has dedicated a year to a crop commodity, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)’s Assistant Director General told correspondents at Headquarters today.

PRESS BRIEFING ON SANCTIONS AGAINST AL-QAEDA AND TALIBAN

Heraldo Muñoz of Chile, Chairman of the Sanctions Committee against Al-Qaeda and the Taliban established by the Security Council, briefed correspondents on his recent mission to Europe, Asia and the Middle East at a Headquarters press conference this morning.