PRESS CONFERENCE ON DRAFT CONVENTION FOR DISABLED PERSONS

The president of the Committee preparing a draft international convention to protect the rights of disabled persons said today at a press conference that he hoped to have a draft in the next couple of years that was responsive to the nature of disability.

PRESS CONFERENCE BY SECURITY COUNCIL MONITORING GROUP, ‘1267’ COMMITTEE

Al Qaeda continued to present a significant risk to international peace and security, the Chairman of the Monitoring Group established to monitor the implementation of measures against Al Qaeda, told correspondents at a Headquarters press conference this morning.

PRESS CONFERENCE ON WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY FOR DEVELOPMENT

At a Headquarters press conference this morning, a range of speakers discussed how wireless Internet technology could benefit developing countries, as well as information and communication technologies (ICT) companies.

PRESS BRIEFING ON HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN ERITREA, ETHIOPIA

PRESS BRIEFING ON IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION

“We, at the United Nations, do not engage in a reconstruction plan in any country without the citizens of that country in the driver’s seat”, Humanitarian Coordinator for Iraq, Ramiro Lopes da Silva, told correspondents today in a briefing on the humanitarian appeal for Iraq and its reconstruction needs.

PRESS BRIEFING ON SECURITY COUNCIL WEST AFRICA MISSION

Briefing correspondents on the eve of the Security Council’s mission to seven West African countries, the United Kingdom’s Permanent Representative, Jeremy Greenstock, who will lead the mission, told correspondents that it would focus on three principal issues, namely, the situations in Guinea-Bissau, Côte d’Ivoire and Liberia.

PRESS BRIEFING LAUNCHING WORLD ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL SURVEY 2003

The economic recovery forecast one year ago for the second half of 2002 had been delayed by geopolitical developments, Ian Kinniburgh, Director of the Development Policy Analysis Division, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, told correspondents this morning during a press briefing at Headquarters launching the World Economic and Social Survey 2003.

PRESS CONFERENCE BY UNDP ADMINISTRATOR ON IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION NEEDS

The achievements of today’s “Technical Consultation on Reconstruction Needs for Iraq” could not be underestimated, Mark Malloch Brown, Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and Chair of the United Nations Development Group, told correspondents this afternoon during a press conference at Headquarters.

PRESS CONFERENCE BY UNITED STATES NATIONAL COUNCIL ON DISABILITY

PRESS BRIEFING BY EMERGENCY RELIEF COORDINATOR, HUMANITARIAN COORDINATOR FOR IRAQ