PRESS CONFERENCE BY MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF BURUNDI

The major challenge facing the new national transitional Government of Burundi was that the two armed groups –- Forces de la Defense de la Democratie and Forces Nationales de Liberation -- had not yet agreed to the ceasefire, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Burundi Therence Sinunguruza said this morning at a United Nations press briefing.

PRESS CONFERENCE BY MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF CANADA

The most important contribution that could be made to Afghan people was the removal of the Taliban, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Canada, John Manley, said this afternoon at a United Nations Headquarters press conference.

PRESS CONFERENCE BY PRESIDENT OF CHILE

Speaking to correspondents at a Headquarters press conference this afternoon, Chilean President Ricardo Lagos Escobar said that security, the most important concern after the events of 11 September, must be viewed in a broader context.

PRESS CONFERENCE BY PRESIDENT OF PAKISTAN

Pakistan had not hesitated to join the international coalition against terrorism, but it hoped that military operations in Afghanistan would be “sharp and targeted” and advance quickly to political and economic reconstruction, Pervez Musharraf, President of Pakistan, told correspondents at a headquarters press conference this afternoon.

PRESS CONFERENCE BY PRESIDENT OF URUGUAY

The United Nations was established in 1946 for entirely different reasons than those which are driving the world today, Uruguayan President Jorge Ibanez told correspondents at a Headquarters press conference in New York today.

PRESS CONFERENCE BY PRESIDENT OF VENEZUELA

During a press conference at United Nations Headquarters this afternoon, the President of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez Frias, expressed the sincere hope that the war against terrorism would evolve into a war against wars.  In the aftermath of the tragic events of 11 September, the struggle for peace must be a priority. 

PRESS BRIEFING BY PRESIDENT OF CYPRUS

Following his address in the general debate this morning, the President of Cyprus, Glafcos Clerides, answered a number of questions in a briefing to correspondents at the United Nations.

PRESS BRIEFING ON COMPREHENSIVE NUCLEAR-TEST-BAN TREATY

At Headquarters this afternoon, the newly elected President of the Conference on Facilitating the Entry into Force of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban treaty (CTBT), which began today, briefed correspondents on the Conference’s morning session.  The Conference is set to run through Tuesday, 13 November.

PRESS CONFERENCE BY PRESIDENT OF DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO

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, and Jan Fischer, Spokesman for the President of the General Assembly.

Spokesman for the Secretary-General

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