Press briefing on oios investigation in Democratic Republic of Congo

 

PRESS BRIEFING ON TSUNAMI RELIEF EFFORT

 

Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesman for the Secretary-General

Following is a near-verbatim transcript of today’s noon briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Associate Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

**Independent Inquiry Committee

Some comments on the internal audits that were released yesterday by the Volcker panel:

press briefing ON TSUNAMI RELIEF EFFORT

 

Battling bad weather, washed out roads and clogged airports, United Nations agencies were working with local governments, foreign militaries and civic groups in pressing ahead with relief efforts in the countries affected by the massive Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami that left an arc of destruction from Thailand to the Horn of Africa a little more than two weeks ago, a top emergency official said today.

Press Briefing on ‘three amigos’ hiv/aids prevention programme

One of the world’s largest safe-sex initiatives was officially launched at United Nations Headquarters in New York today with the release of a series of 20 funny, animated public service announcements aimed chiefly at 15- to 24-year-olds worldwide to entrench the use of condoms to stop the spread of HIV/AIDS.

Press BRIEFING ON TSUNAMI RELIEF EFFORT

 

Updating reporters on the massive relief and recovery efforts in South Asia, a senior United Nations humanitarian official today said that, while aid agencies were starting to “get a grip on things” throughout Sri Lanka and elsewhere, long stretches of washed out roads and clogged airports were complicating efforts to reach villages along Sumatra’s western coast.

Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesman for the Secretary-General

Following is a near-verbatim transcript of today’s noon briefing by Stephane Dujarric, Associate Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesman for the Secretary-General

Following is a near-verbatim transcript of today’s noon briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Associate Spokesman for the Secretary-General.

Good afternoon.

If I can ask whoever had their cell phone on to switch it off, please.

**Guest at Noon

PRESS BRIEFING ON TSUNAMI RELIEF EFFORT

 

Yesterday’s ministerial meeting in Geneva on humanitarian assistance to tsunami-affected areas had been a singular success, a senior representative of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) told correspondents at a Headquarters press briefing today.

Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesman for the Secretary-General

Following is a near-verbatim transcript of today’s noon briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Associate Spokesman for the Secretary-General.

Good afternoon.

**Secretary-General at Mauritius Conference