The Vice-Chairmen of the General Assembly's ad hoc open-ended working group on the agenda for development, Michael Powles (New Zealand) and Percy M. Mangoaela (Lesotho), briefed correspondents on the outcome of the group's work at a Headquarters press conference yesterday afternoon, 19 June.
Burundi today could be characterized as a country facing a very deep political impasse which had caused a human tragedy, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) representative in Burundi, Michel Sidibe, told correspondents at a Headquarters press briefing on Friday afternoon, 20 June.
Burundi today could be characterized as a country facing a very deep political impasse which had caused a human tragedy, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) representative in Burundi, Michel Sidibe, told correspondents at a Headquarters press briefing on Friday afternoon, 20 June.
Samsiah Abdul-Majid, the spokesman for the President of the General Assembly, began the briefing on the special session on the review of implementation of Agenda 21, by announcing that 23 speakers had addressed the plenary this morning and some 22 were expected to make statements this afternoon.
Fred Eckhard, Spokesman for the Secretary-General, began today's press briefing by outlining the latest developments regarding the letter received from the Cambodian Government over the weekend.
The General Assembly's special session to review the implementation of Agenda 21 should not only assess what had been done to protect the environment, but should also set out policy lines for sustainable development for the future, the Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Willem Kok, told correspondents at a Headquarters press conference yesterday afternoon, 23 June.
Slovenia, a new player on the international scene, was trying to become one of the new members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and of the Security Council, Prime Minister Hanez Drnovsek, told correspondents at a Headquarters press conference this afternoon.
Samsiah Abdul-Majid, spokeswoman for the President of the General Assembly, began the briefing on the special session on the review of implementation of Agenda 21, by announcing that at the beginning of this morning's plenary the President "with sadness informed the Assembly of the death of Jacques-Yves Cousteau". She then read the following statement:
