PRESS BRIEFING BY UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS

The following is a statement by Jean-Marie Guéhenno, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, at a Headquarters press briefing this afternoon on the Israeli request for information regarding the 7 October 2000 abduction of three Israeli soldiers in south Lebanon:

PRESS BRIEFING ON SMALL ARMS CONFERENCE

PRESS CONFERENCE BY FOREIGN MINISTRY UNDER-SECRETARY OF IRAQ

Iraq was being given a proposal that looked sweet, but its substance was poisonous, Under-Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iraq, Riyadh Al-Qaysi, told correspondents at a Headquarters press conference this afternoon, as he responded to questions about the proposed changes to the sanctions regime against his country.

HEADQUARTERS PRESS CONFERENCE BY AFRICAN AMBASSADORS TASK FORCE

Secretary-General Kofi Annan's unanimous reappointment by the Security Council, six months before his first term expired, was an unprecedented honour, Ambassador Roble Olhaye of Djibouti, Chair of the African Ambassadors Task Force, told correspondents at a Headquarters press conference this morning. 

PRESS CONFERENCE ON 2001 WORLD DISASTERS REPORT

This year's World Disasters Report demonstrates that disasters are shaping development instead of being a blip on the development curve, Peter Walker, the report's founding editor, told correspondents this morning at a Headquarters press conference by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC).

PRESS CONFERENCE ON FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT

With the rapid advance of global interdependence, problems of poverty and underdevelopment had become global problems for which the world must exercise global responsibility, Ernesto Zedillo, former President of Mexico and Chairman of the Secretary-General’s High-Level Panel on Financing for Development, told correspondents this afternoon at a Headquarters press conference to launch the Panel's report.

PRESS CONFERENCE BY PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF SWEDEN

PRESS CONFERENCE BY CHAIRMAN OF AIDS ROUND TABLE 4

A “vast and rapid increased funding” would be needed to support national efforts of developing countries in the fight against HIV/AIDS, President Benjamin Mkapa of the United Republic of Tanzania said at a Headquarters press conference this afternoon.

HEADQUARTERS PRESS CONFERENCE BY HARM REDUCTION GROUPS

Injecting drugs was one of the most efficient ways of spreading HIV/AIDS, Dr. Diane Riley of the International Harm Reduction Association told correspondents this afternoon during a press conference at Headquarters.

PRESS CONFERENCE BY JOINT UNITED NATIONS PROGRAMME ON HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)