The human and financial resources of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) were no longer sufficient for the proper carrying out of its tasks, the President of the ICJ told correspondents this afternoon in a Headquarters press conference.
At a Headquarters press briefing today, sponsored by the Department for Disarmament Affairs, a group of interested parties discussed issues currently before the First Committee (Disarmament and International Security).
Entries from 208 countries had been received for the 2000 United Nations Correspondents Association (UNCA)/Ranan Lurie Political Cartoon Award, Mr. Lurie told correspondents during an UNCA press briefing this morning at Headquarters.
It was time the human rights movement in the United States joined more fully with the United Nations in providing the leadership that would make for a constructive World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance, Mary Robinson, the High Commissioner for Human Rights, said at a Headquarters press conference this afternoon.
Justice Richard Goldstone (South Africa), Chairman of the Independent International Commission on Kosovo, told correspondents at a United Nations briefing this afternoon that the Commission had been established because the Prime Minister of Sweden, Goran Persson, had become concerned at the absence of independent analysis of the conflict in Kosovo.
If Africans did not take steps now, Africa would remain on the wrong side of the digital divide, Youssou NDour, Goodwill Ambassador of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and member of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) working group on HIV/AIDS, said at a Headquarters press conference this afternoon.
We are good targets, and in fact, also soft targets because there is no protection, Benon Sevan, United Nations Security Coordinator, told correspondents at a press briefing at Headquarters this afternoon.
The food distribution system in Iraq under the oil for food programme was second to none, but unless the basics - housing, electricity, water, and sanitation -- were restored, the overall well-being of the people would not improve, Tun Myat, United Nations Coordinator in Iraq, told correspondents at a United Nations briefing this afternoon.
The populations of Japan and a number of European countries were getting smaller and older, Joseph Chamie, Director of the Population Division of the United Nations, said today at a Headquarters press briefing.
