Press conference on indigenous issues

 

Indigenous people must not be forgotten, discriminated against or marginalized in the efforts to achieve the Millennium Goals, because development was linked to the issues of territory, natural resources, good governance and democracy, correspondents were told at a Headquarters press conference this afternoon.

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 Stéphane Dujarric, Associate Spokesman for the Secretary-General.

**Secretary-General

PRESS CONFERENCE ON Non-Proliferation Treaty

 

In the final hours of the month-long conference to review the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), its President, Sergio de Queiroz Duarte (Brazil) responded to correspondents’ questions regarding the outcome of that event.  Also present at the Headquarters press conference was Under-Secretary-General, Department of Disarmament Affairs, Abe Nobuyasu.

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.

Hi.  We’ve got quite a few notes for today.

**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.

**Afghanistan, Mosque Bombing

I have a statement from the Secretary-General on mosque bombing:

PRESS BRIEFING ON HIV/AIDS BY UNFPA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

 

Today’s young generation, the largest in history, had not known a world without HIV/AIDS, Thoraya Obaid, Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), said this morning at a Headquarters press briefing to launch “Our Voice, Our Future”, a report by young people on progress made on the General Assembly Special Session Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS.

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

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

**Secretary-General on Côte d’Ivoire

Good afternoon.  Starting off with a statement on the situation in Côte d’Ivoire:

PRESS BRIEFING BY UNAIDS, GLOBAL FUND TO FIGHT AIDS, TUBERCULOSIS AND MALARIA

A small but encouraging number of countries were beginning to halt the spread of HIV/AIDS, but the epidemic had continued to expand worldwide, Peter Piot, Executive Director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) told correspondents at a Headquarters briefing today.  (For opening remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan, see Press Release SG/SM/9906.)

PRESS CONFERENCE BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

 

The Security Council would spend a considerable amount of time on Africa, making this “a very African month”, Jean-Marc de La Sablière (France) said this afternoon at a press conference to present the Council’s programme for the June French presidency.

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.

**Burundi

Burundians went to the polls today for the first time in over a decade.  

They are voting in the municipal elections, which are the first in a series of four elections.