PRESS BRIEFING ON ANGOLA BY UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL GAMBARI

The death of Jonas Savimbi, leader of the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA), had created new and changed circumstances to push the Angolan peace process forward, Under-Secretary-General Ibrahim Gambari, Special Adviser of the Secretary-General on Africa, told correspondents at a Headquarters press briefing early this afternoon.

PRESS CONFERENCE IN MONTERREY BY EUROPEAN COMMISSION

The European Union had never before had a common position on official development assistance (ODA), and the organization’s agreement to define the issue was, therefore, timely, Poul Nielson, European Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid, European Commission, said at an afternoon press conference today.

MONTERREY PRESS CONFERENCE BY WHO

The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Gro Harlem Brundtland, said at a Monterrey press conference today that there was no reason not to do what was necessary to deal with urgent humanitarian needs and spur economic growth in poor countries.

Joining Dr. Brundtland were the Minister of Health of Mexico, Julio Frenk, and Special Adviser to the United Nations Secretary-General on Millennium Development Goals, Jeffrey Sachs.

PRESS BRIEFING ON SIERRA LEONE SPECIAL COURT

The Security Council had yesterday given the Secretary-General the green light to proceed with the establishment of the Special Court for Sierra Leone, Ralph Zacklin, Assistant Secretary-General for Legal Affairs, told correspondents at a Headquarters press briefing today.

PRESS CONFERENCE BY FORMER UNITED STATES PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER

“I wished I had known then what I know now about the third world”, former United States President Jimmy Carter said today at a press conference in Monterrey, referring to how little Americans understood about how little they gave and how desperately aid was needed.

MONTERREY PRESS CONFERENCE BY EUROPEAN UNION

Poul Nielson, European Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid, European Union (EU), announced an increase in EU official development assistance (ODA) to 0.39 per cent of gross national product (GNP) -- from the current

0.33 level -- which would translate into an extra $7 billion in aid per year from EU member States by 2006.  

PRESS BRIEFING BY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF UNICEF

Economic development must go hand in hand with human development, Carol Bellamy, Executive Director of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), told correspondents at a press briefing in Monterrey this afternoon.

MONTERREY PRESS CONFERENCE BY SOROS FUND MANAGEMENT CHAIRMAN, UNDP ADMINISTRATOR

Developed countries should use the special drawing rights (SDR) allocated to them as a novel form of international assistance to developing countries, Soros Fund Management President and Chairman George Soros proposed at a press conference this morning.

PRESS BRIEFING BY UNCTAD

The head of electronic finance (E-Finance) for the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in Geneva briefed journalists in Monterrey today on the just-concluded side event entitled “E-Finance for Development”.   He also drew attention to the draft recommendations addressed to the Conference.

MONTERREY PRESS CONFERENCE BY UN-HABITAT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, MAYOR OF MONTERREY

Some 1.2 billion people in the world lived without adequate shelter, Anna Kajumulo Tibajuka, Executive Director of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), told correspondents this afternoon.