Civil wars and internal conflicts were not just about human suffering and costs, but were also about profit and gain for certain parties, Mats Berdal, director of studies of the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London, told journalists at a press conference at United Nations Headquarters today.
The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today's noon briefing by Fred Eckhard, Spokesman for the Secretary-General.
The United Nations "had not been unprepared" for recent events in Sierra Leone, and had tried to cope with the situation by using the resources and equipment it had, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Bernard Miyet, told correspondents at a Headquarters briefing today.
The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today's noon briefing by Fred Eckhard, Spokesman for the Secretary-General.
Good afternoon.
Having successfully implemented its mandate, the United Nations Mission of Observers in Tajikistan (UNMOT) had come to a close after seven years of United Nations involvement there, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Tajikistan, Ivo Petrov, told correspondents at a Headquarters press briefing this afternoon.
The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today's noon briefing by Fred Eckhard, Spokesman for the Secretary-General.
Good afternoon. Our guest today is Ambassador Peggy Mason of Canada, who is here to speak about the work of the Expert Group on Small Arms, which she chairs.
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Peggy Mason of Canada, the Chairperson of the Group of Governmental Experts appointed by the Secretary-General to carry out a study on the feasibility of restricting the manufacture and trade of small arms and light weapons, briefed correspondents this afternoon at Headquarters on the Groups aims. The 20-member Group is holding the first of three sessions from 15 to 19 May at Headquarters.
The following is a near-verbatim transcript of todays noon briefing by Fred Eckhard, Spokesman for the Secretary-General.
The implementation of the Secretary-General's proposal for land reform in Zimbabwe by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) was expected to produce a political solution through a development and technical approach, UNDP Administrator Mark Malloch Brown told correspondents during a briefing today.
