Africa's refugee population has reached 3 million persons, and 6 million more have been displaced, an official of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said at a Headquarters press briefing today marking Africa Refugee Day.
The following is a near-verbatim transcript of todays noon briefing by Manoel de Almeida e Silva, Deputy Spokesman for the Secretary-General.
Noon Guest
More than 13 million people were still in the throws of a humanitarian crisis in the Horn of Africa due to drought, Carol Bellamy, Executive Director of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), told journalists at a press briefing at United Nations Headquarters this afternoon.
The following is a near-verbatim transcript of todays noon briefing by Manoel de Almeida e Silva, Deputy Spokesman for the Secretary-General.
**Noon Guest
Pino Arlacchi, Executive Director of the United Nations Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention, at a Headquarters press briefing today, said that the Office was organizing a symposium to consider universal jurisdiction in prosecuting Internet crime.
The following is a near-verbatim transcript of todays noon briefing by Manoel de Almeida e Silva, Deputy Spokesman for the Secretary-General.
**Secretary-Generals Travels
The following is a near-verbatim transcript of todays noon briefing by Manoel de Almeida e Silva, Deputy Spokesman for the Secretary-General.
**Noon Guest and Briefing
The following is a near-verbatim transcript of todays noon briefing by Manoel de Almeida e Silva, Deputy Spokesman for the Secretary-General.
**Secretary-Generals Travels
Film clips documenting the profound impact of the massive loss of livestock to the nomadic Mongolians as a result of the drought were presented this morning at a Headquarters press conference on the relief efforts under way.
