PRESS BRIEFING ON ANGOLA

The humanitarian situation in Angola was dramatic, with shocking statistics that were similar to those of Afghanistan, Erik de Mul, United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator for that country told correspondents at a Headquarters press briefing this afternoon.

PRESS BRIEFING BY SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE ON CHILDREN AND ARMED CONFLICT

Today marked a turning point in the campaign to eradicate the use of children as soldiers, Olara Otunnu, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, told correspondents at a Headquarters press briefing today.

PRESS BRIEFING BY SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR KOSOVO

The support of the international community and the Security Council for the work in Kosovo was impressive, Michael Steiner, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Kosovo, told correspondents today during the noon briefing at Headquarters.

NGO PRESS CONFERENCE ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

On the road to "Johannesburg", governments were once again undecided and unable to move forward with proposals to promote sustainable development, Michael Dorsey, member of the Board of Directors of the Sierra Club, told correspondents this morning at a press conference at Headquarters.

The press conference on the second meeting of the Preparatory Committee for the World Summit on Sustainable Development (Johannesburg, 26 August-

PRESS BRIEFING BY SECRETARY-GENERAL OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SUMMIT

Assuming that everything worked out as planned, good progress had been made in the first preparatory committee of the World Summit for Social Development, Nitin Desai, Secretary-General of the Summit and Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, told correspondents at a Headquarters press briefing this morning. 

PRESS CONFERENCE ON CHERNOBYL BY OFFICE FOR COORDINATION OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS

A United Nations report entitled The Human Consequences of the Chernobyl Nuclear Accident:  A Strategy for Recovery was launched at a press briefing sponsored by the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) at Headquarters this afternoon.

PRESS BRIEFING BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Mexico's principal focus during its two-year term on the Security Council would be on making that body more effective and its working procedures more expeditious, Adolfo Aguilar Zinser, the new Permanent Representative of Mexico and Council President for February, told correspondents this afternoon.

PRESS CONFERENCE BY INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES TASK FORCE

The United Nations Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) Task Force hoped to be able to contribute to the reconstruction of Afghanistan, Pekka Torjanne, Executive Coordinator of the Task Force, said at a Headquarters press briefing this afternoon.

HEADQUARTERS PRESS BRIEFING BY DEPUTY EMERGENCY RELIEF COORDINATOR

The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) will be seeking $61 million in extrabudgetary requirements, Carolyn McAskie, Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator, told correspondents today during the noon briefing at Headquarters.

HEADQUARTERS PRESS CONFERENCE ON JOHANNESBURG SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE

What had emerged to date was a fairly clear and common view on the outcomes sought by all countries from the World Summit on Social Development scheduled, to be held from 26 August to 4 September in Johannesburg, South Africa, Crispian Olver, Director-General, Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism of South Africa, told correspondents at Headquarters this morning