HEADQUARTERS BRIEFING BY PRESIDENT OF SMALL ARMS CONFERENCE

"Small arms and light weapons are an indiscriminate scourge and phenomenon that aggressively affects all countries and the weakest sectors -- women, children and the very basic social tissue of our societies", Ambassador Camilo Reyes (Colombia), President of the Conference on the Illicit Trade in Small and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects, told correspondents at a Headquarters press briefing this afternoon.

PRESS CONFERENCE ON SMALL ARMS BY HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH

PRESS CONFERENCE ON SMALL ARMS BY US CONGRESSMAN

The involvement of the United Nations in the domestic firearms policies of other nations, including the United States, would not be viewed with favour by the United States Congress, Congressman Bob Barr of Georgia said at a Headquarters press conference this afternoon.

UNITED STATES BRIEFING ON SMALL ARMS CONFERENCE

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL

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

PRESS CONFERENCE ON SMALL ARMS SURVEY

The first edition of the Small Arms Survey entitled Profiling the Problem –- the first authoritative global survey of small arms issues -– was launched at a Headquarters press briefing this morning.

PRESS CONFERENCE TO LAUNCH UNDP 2001 HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT

Advanced technology -- in the biological, information and communications fields -- had a tremendous potential to make a difference in the lives of poor people, Eimi Watanabe, Director of the Bureau for Development Policy of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), told correspondents at a Headquarters press conference this afternoon to launch the 2001 Human Development Report (HDR).

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL

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

Good afternoon.

**Secretary-General

PRESS CONFERENCE ON SMALL ARMS AND CHILDREN

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL

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

Good afternoon.

** Secretary-General Begins Visit to Germany