The continuation of the crisis in Kosova had created a tragic humanitarian situation in the whole Balkan region, Agim Nesho, Permanent Representative of Albania to the United Nations, told correspondents at a Headquarters press conference this morning.
The largest-ever generation of young people -- a billion adolescents -- was about to enter the reproductive years, a demographer told correspondents at a Headquarters press conference sponsored by the United States this afternoon. Their behaviour would be very important in determining future population trends.
The moment that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) acted would signify its transformation from a defensive military alliance to an aggressive one, Vladislav Jovanovic, Charge d'Affaires of the Permanent Mission of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, told correspondents at a Headquarters press conference this morning.
About 60 per cent of the world's fertile couples had access to family planning services and the use of contraception today, compared with 10 per cent at the inception of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) 30 years ago, Robin Chandler Duke, Co-Chairperson of Population Action International, told a Headquarters press conference this afternoon.
Amama Mbabazi, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Uganda, said at a Headquarters press conference this morning that, contrary to the "pervasive pessimism of the international community outside", progress was being made to resolve the conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
