Press BRIEFING BY INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL BOARD

 

The International Narcotics Control Board was concerned about the growing percentage of opium being processed into heroin within Afghanistan, member Melvin Levitsky said at a Headquarters press conference this afternoon.

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 de la Riviere, Associate Spokesman for the Secretary-General.

**Democratic Republic of Congo

PRESS BRIEFING BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

 

The month of March would be a lively month for the Security Council, as it would be meeting practically every day, the current Council President, Ronaldo Mota Sardenberg (Brazil) told correspondents this afternoon.

PRESS CONFERENCEON WOMEN’S RIGHTS BY EQUALITY NOW

 

With profound concern, Equality Now was marking the tenth anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women, which found discriminatory laws still in force around the world, actress Meryl Streep, a member of the women’s rights group, said this morning at a Headquarters press conference sponsored by the Permanent Mission of the Netherlands to the United Nations.

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 Fred Eckhard, Spokesman for the Secretary-General.

Good afternoon.

**Guests at Noon

Press BRIEFING ON DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

 

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the United Nations was not engaged in war -– it was engaged in trying to create peace, correspondents were told at a Headquarters press briefing this afternoon.  The role of the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) was to create security and defend civilians.

Press BRIEFING ON INDIGENOUS ISSUES

 

The Beijing Platform of Action and other international instruments may have recognized indigenous women, but little had been done to change their often desperate situations, a member of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues told correspondents at a Headquarters briefing this afternoon.

PRESS BRIEFING ON WOMEN AND INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION

 

The nature of international migration was changing, with growing numbers of women migrating on their own rather than as family members as in the past, Jose Antonio Ocampo, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, said at a Headquarters press briefing this morning.

PRESS CONFERENCEON WOMEN’S GLOBAL MONITORING REPORT

 

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 Fred Eckhard, Spokesman for the Secretary-General.

Good afternoon.

**Sudan

The Secretary-General is scheduled to meet with members of the Security Council on Monday to discuss the situation in Sudan, particularly Darfur, given the urgency of the situation on the ground there.