PRESS BRIEFING BY DIRECTOR, UN POPULATION DIVISION

Enormous behavioural change in the reproductive sexual practices of men and women was needed to deal with the increasing consequences of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, the Director of the United Nations Population Division told correspondents at a Headquarters press briefing this morning.

HEADQUARTERS PRESS CONFERENCE BY FOREIGN MINISTER OF SYRIA

Syria hoped that United States President George W. Bush’s delay in announcing his initiative for the Middle East would turn out to be in the interest of a just and comprehensive peace in the region and not vice versa, the Syrian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister told correspondents at a wide-ranging Headquarters press conference today.

PRESS CONFERENCE BY UNITED NATIONS GOODWILL AMBASSADORS

Describing the impact of celebrity advocacy in the new millennium at a Headquarters press conference today, a panel of United Nations Goodwill Ambassadors described the possibilities and challenges of bringing the message of the United Nations to a larger audience.

HEADQUARTERS PRESS BRIEFING BY COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION

OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN

HEADQUARTERS PRESS BRIEFING TO LAUNCH UNCTAD REPORT ON LDCS

PRESS BRIEFING BY INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION UNION

Political leaders, particularly those in developing countries, should invest in the new information technologies and make it their number one priority policy issue, Yoshio Utsumi, Secretary-General of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), told correspondents at a Headquarters briefing today.

PRESS BRIEFING BY PRESIDENT-ELECT OF COLOMBIA

Following a meeting with the Secretary-General on the subject of violence affecting his country, the President-elect of Colombia delivered a statement on the matter at a Headquarters press briefing this afternoon.

Alvaro Uribe Velez will be inaugurated for a four-year term of office on

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PRESS BRIEFING ON INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES FOR DEVELOPMENT

PRESS CONFERENCE BY DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

The Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo had expressed its satisfaction with this morning’s Security Council's condemnation of last month's extrajudicial killings in the Congolese town of Kisangani, Leonard She Okitundu, the country's Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, said at a Headquarters press conference this afternoon.

PRESS CONFERENCE ON COOPERATION BETWEEN UN, BUSINESS COMMUNITY

“Building Partnerships”, a comprehensive overview of the growing cooperation between the United Nations and the business community in tackling a range of development challenges, was launched this morning at a Headquarters press conference.