Canada was concerned that nuclear arms control had been faltering and crucial long-term trends were deteriorating, Chris Westdal, that country's Ambassador to the Conference on Disarmament, told correspondents this afternoon at a Headquarters press conference.
Given the problems with which it was faced, the United Nations was doing a magnificent job in Kosovo, Anwarul K. Chowdhury, Permanent Representative of Bangladesh and head of the Security Council mission to Kosovo, told the media at United Nations Headquarters today during a press briefing on the findings of that mission.
The hallmark of the Security Council's activities in April had been human security, Robert Fowler, Permanent Representative of Canada and President of the Security Council for that month, told journalists at a press conference at United Nations Headquarters today.
The United Nations has a very powerful and important role to play in helping to create better working conditions for women and encouraging governments to sign on to international conventions and protocols relating to them, the Permanent Representative of Australia, Penny Wensley, said at a Headquarters press conference this morning.
Dr. Franz Fischler, Member of the European Commission responsible for Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Development, this afternoon reiterated the European Unions commitment to help developing countries derive benefits from trade.
At a Headquarters press conference today, the Director of Communications and Education of Oxfam America, Peggy Connolly, told correspondents that she feared the agreements that would be reached at the Education for All Conference beginning today in Dakar, Senegal, would be long on principles and short on practical solutions and financing mechanisms.
The situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo was better than it had been in the recent past, Kamel Morjane, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the Democratic Republic of the Congo, told journalists at a press briefing at United Nations Headquarters today.
