Press Conference

Press Briefing

PRESS BRIEFING BY PROSECUTOR OF INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNALS FOR FORMER YUGOSLAVIA AND RWANDA

Press Briefing

PRESS CONFERENCE ON CD-ROM LAUNCHED BY ADMINISTRATION AND COST OF ELECTIONS PROJECT

With multi-party elections taking place for the first time in 51 countries between 1988 and 1998, some people had spoken of a new age of democracy. But the real question, according to Bengt Save-Soderbergh, Secretary-General of the Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance, was whether this new impetus towards elections would last.

Press Briefing

PRESS BRIEFING ON CHILDREN AND ARMED CONFLICT

The continued use of children in hostilities and a growth in the numbers of children being displaced were among the greatest concerns in the arena of his work, the Secretary-General's Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict, Olara Otunnu, said in a Headquarters press briefing on Wednesday.

Press Briefing

PRESS CONFERENCE ON CD-ROM LAUNCHED BY ADMINISTRATION AND COST OF ELECTIONS PROJECT

With multi-party elections taking place for the first time in 51 countries between 1988 and 1998, some people had spoken of a new age of democracy. But the real question, according to Bengt Save-Soderbergh, Secretary-General of the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance, was whether this new impetus towards elections would last.

Press Briefing

PRESS BRIEFING ON CLIMATE CHANGE

Michael Zammit-Cutajar, Executive Secretary, secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, said at a Headquarters press briefing this morning that the Fourth Session of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Buenos Aires, to be held from 2 to 13 November, would be the first in the convention process to be held in a developing country.

Press Briefing

PRESS CONFERENCE BY PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA

The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was vitally interested in seeing a speedy end to the crisis in Kosovo and a lasting political settlement, the country's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Vladislav Jovanovic, said today at a Headquarters press conference.

Press Briefing

PRESS CONFERENCE BY UN ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME ON RELIGION AND ECOLOGY

The results of a three-year series of conferences, carried out by the Harvard Project on Religion and Ecology, were presented Tuesday at a Headquarters press conference sponsored by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

Press Briefing

PRESS CONFERENCE BY UNFPA GOODWILL AMBASSADOR, GERI HALLIWELL -- 'GINGER SPICE' OF SPICE GIRLS

Newly appointed Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Geri Halliwell (a.k.a. "Ginger Spice" of the Spice Girls) told a United Nations press conference this morning that she had long been known as the "evangelist of women's empowerment". She had always been outspoken and had fought for the underdog, she said.

Press Briefing

PRESS BRIEFING BY DIRECTOR OF UNDP SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND POVERTY ELIMINATION UNIT

The deepening economic crisis and poor prospects for world growth were a severe setback for poverty reduction efforts, according to a United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) report, entitled Overcoming Human Poverty, which was released today.

Press Briefing

PRESS CONFERENCE BY NOBEL LAUREATE PROFESSOR AMARTYA SEN

Professor Amartya Sen, the Indian philosopher and economist who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Economics, yesterday (14 October), said at a Headquarters press conference yesterday afternoon that globalization could be a major force for prosperity if adequately backed by good national policy.