Press Briefing

PRESS BRIEFING ANNOUNCING SECRETARY-GENERAL'S SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE ON INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY

Jose Maria Figueres, former President of Costa Rica, will be the Secretary- General's Special Representative on Information and Communication Technology (ICT), the Under Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, Nitin Desai, announced this afternoon at a Headquarters press briefing.

Press Briefing

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today's noon briefing by Marie Okabe, Associate Spokeswoman for the Secretary-General, and Susan Markham, Spokeswoman for the President of the General Assembly.

Briefing by Associate Spokeswoman for Secretary-General

**Secretary-General and Prime Minister Ehud Barak

Press Briefing

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today's noon briefing by Marie Okabe, Associate Spokeswoman for the Secretary-General, and Susan Markham, Spokeswoman for the President of the General Assembly.

Briefing by Associate Spokeswoman for Secretary-General

Press Briefing

PRESS BRIEFING BY DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS DIVISION OF DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INFORMATION

The United Nations World Television Forum 2000 was not a panacea for the “digital divide” but was a useful step in exploring ways of bridging that divide, the Director of the Public Affairs Division of the Department of Public Information (DPI) told correspondents this afternoon at a Headquarters press briefing.

Press Briefing

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today's noon briefing by Fred Eckhard, Spokesman for the Secretary-General, and Susan Markham, Spokeswoman for the President of the General Assembly.

Briefing by Spokesman for Secretary-General

Press Briefing

PRESS BRIEFING BY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE UNITED NATIONS DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMME AND CRIME PREVENTION

Press Briefing

PRESS CONFERENCE LAUNCHING WEB SITE ON YEAR OF DIALOGUE AMONG CIVILIZATIONS

The dialogue among civilizations should start with children, because adults were too old and biased to tackle such an important issue, Giandomenico Picco, the Personal Representative of the Secretary-General for the United Nations Year of Dialogue among Civilizations (2001) said today, at a Headquarters press conference launching a Web site for the Year.

Press Briefing

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today's noon briefing by Fred Eckhard, Spokesman for the Secretary-General, and Susan Markham, Spokeswoman for the President of the General Assembly.

Briefing by Spokesman for Secretary-General

I assume everyone is at the Security Council stakeout.

Press Briefing

PRESS CONFERENCE BY CHAIRMAN, WORLD COMMISSION ON DAMS

Large dams were never simply good or bad, but they often came at too high a price in negative effects on people and the environment, Kadel Asmal, Chairman of the World Commission on Dams (WCD), told correspondents at a Headquarters Press Conference this morning.

Press Briefing

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today's noon briefing by Fred Eckhard, Spokesman for the Secretary-General.

**Middle East