Proximity talks between the Cypriot parties are to begin tomorrow, Friday, 3 December, at Headquarters, the Secretary-General's Special Adviser on Cyprus told correspondents this afternoon at a press briefing.
The Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), instead of being neutralized, was now the de facto master of the situation in most cities and towns in the Serbian province, Vladislav Jovanovic, Chargé d'Affaires at the Permanent Mission of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia to the United Nations, told correspondents at Headquarters this morning.
The Secretary-Generals report on Srebrenica, released unofficially earlier this week, broke new ground and contained many valuable lessons for the future, Muhamed Sacirbey, the Permanent Representative of Bosnia and Herzegovina, told correspondents at a Headquarters conference this morning.
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Sasakawa Prize would be a powerful incentive to continue work for the good of the environment, the 1999 winner, Mario Molina, told correspondents at a Headquarters press conference today shortly before the official award ceremony.
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) declared Dr. Bertrand Piccard, the around-the-world balloonist, its Goodwill Ambassador for Switzerland, at a United Nations Headquarters press briefing today.
At the moment, the main threat to relief workers and civilians in Angola was landmines, Agnes Asekenye-Oonyu, Chief of the Africa Section, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, told correspondents at a Headquarters press briefing this afternoon.
The Sierra Leone peace process is at a very critical juncture, with the parties slow to implement its various parts, Carolyn McAskie, Deputy Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator, said at a Headquarters press conference this afternoon. However, it was now starting to move forward.
