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.
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.
Hiro Ueki, Associate Spokesman for the Secretary-General, began today's noon briefing by saying he was standing in for the Spokesman Fred Eckhard, who was in Washington, D.C., with the Secretary-General. More would be said about the Secretary-General's one-day programme in Washington later.
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.
David Wimhurst, Associate Spokesman for the Secretary-General, began today's noon briefing by saying he would brief correspondents today and tomorrow, while Marie Okabe would conduct the noon briefing on Thursday and Friday.
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).
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.
David Wimhurst, Associate Spokesman for the Secretary-General, began today's noon briefing by expressing pleasure and extending a welcome to the Secretary-General's Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict, Olara Otunnu, who after the briefing would talk about his first report.
