The United Nations humanitarian and political efforts in Somalia would be stepped up to support the peace-building initiative there and, in particular, to support the new Transitional National Government, correspondents were told this afternoon at a Headquarters press briefing.
One of the major challenges for the Department of Peacekeeping Operations was simultaneously addressing day-to-day issues, while keeping an eye on the global picture and attempting structural changes, correspondents were told Monday afternoon at a Headquarters press briefing.
Considerable progress had been made in several areas of children's conditions and rights, but setbacks in other areas were raising concern, correspondents were told this afternoon at a Headquarters press briefing given on the tenth anniversary of the 1990 World Summit for Children.
Richard H. Stanley, President of the Stanley Foundation, met with correspondents at a Headquarters press conference yesterday afternoon to introduce and expand on the Foundation's latest report, "Problems and Prospects for Humanitarian Intervention." The press conference was sponsored by the United Kingdom.
The United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) would be able to ensure that upcoming municipal elections in Kosovo were fair and democratic, Bernard Kouchner, the Secretary-Generals Special Representative and head of UNMIK, told correspondents at a Headquarters press briefing this afternoon.
A qualitative step forward had taken place in the latest round of Cyprus proximity talks that had just ended, and another round had been scheduled from 1 to 10 November in Geneva, Alvaro de Soto , Special Adviser to the Secretary- General on Cyprus, said at a Headquarters press briefing this afternoon.
International Monetary Fund (IMF) lending dropped very sharply in fiscal year 2000 as a result of calmer conditions in emerging markets and rapid improvements in several crisis countries, David Cheney, Chief of the Editorial Division, External Relations Department, IMF, told correspondents this morning at a Headquarters press briefing.
