Press conference by General Assembly president

 

on September 2005 high-level meeting

 

Highlighting elements of the draft outcome document for the General Assembly’s high-level meeting in September, Assembly President Jean Ping (Gabon) said the draft document unequivocally reaffirmed the need to strengthen the United Nations and make it an effective tool to collectively meet the many challenges and threats facing the world 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.

Hi.

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PRESS CONFERENCE ON SEA TURTLE RESTORATION PROJECT

 

The oceans were in a deep crisis and one of the biggest threats to high-seas biodiversity was high-seas industrial longline fishing, Robert Ovetz, Coordinator, Save the Leatherback Campaign of the Sea Turtle Restoration Project told correspondents today at a Headquarters press conference.

PRESS CONFERENCE ON DEEPSEA BOTTOM TRAWLING

Deep sea bottom trawl fishing was a highly unregulated and extremely destructive practice that could be compared to chasing rabbits with a bulldozer, Lisa Speer, Senior Policy Analyst, National Resource Defence Council, told correspondents this morning during a Headquarters press conference.

Press conference on world youth orchestra

 

“Dialogue and Brotherhood among Diversity” would be the theme of a World Youth Orchestra (WYO) concert at the General Assembly Hall of the United Nations tomorrow evening, correspondents were told 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, Associate Spokesman for the Secretary-General.

Good afternoon.

**Statement on Lao People’s Democratic Republic

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 Spokesman for the Secretary-General.

Good afternoon.

**Statement on Ethiopia

I’ll start off with a statement from the Secretary-General on the situation in Ethiopia:

Press Briefing on Millennium Development Goals report

 

While there had been a massive, unprecedented reduction in extreme poverty in Asia, sub-Saharan Africa, facing a complex and critical situation, had not witnessed the same progress, the Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, José Antonio Ocampo, told correspondents today at a Headquarters press briefing.

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 Marie Okabe, Associate Spokesperson for the Secretary-General. 

Good afternoon. 

**Notes

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 Spokesman for the Secretary-General.

Good afternoon.  I’ll start off with an appointment today.

**Appointment