The 1998 Least Developed Countries Report, published by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), was introduced at a Headquarters press briefing this morning by the Special Adviser to the Secretary-General, John Ruggie.
The jurisdiction of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia was not determined by the President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, the Tribunal's Prosecutor Louise Arbour said at a Headquarters briefing this afternoon.
The financial state of the United Nations was precarious and that forced it to resort to financial practices that were imprudent, said the Under-Secretary-General for Management, Joseph Connor, during a Headquarters press briefing today.
Mikko Kuustonen, the Finnish singer and songwriter, was introduced this morning by the Deputy Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) at a briefing announcing his recent appointment as a UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador.
Executive Director of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Carol Bellamy told a Headquarters briefing today that the leadership of Sierra Leone had reaffirmed full commitment to the demobilization of child combatants. They had expressed concern, however, that it was a difficult task to achieve in a war situation.
The Ottawa Treaty to ban landmines was a "convention of conscience" that had acquired the force of binding international law with historic speed, although only the first battle in a long struggle had been won, Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette said today at a Headquarters press conference.
