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Press Conference


14 July 2008
Press Conference
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

PRESS CONFERENCE ON 2008 SMALL ARMS SURVEY

 


As delegates gathered in New York to consider the implementation of the Programme of Action on the illicit trafficking in small arms and light weapons, the Small Arms Survey 2008: Risks and Resilience, was launched at a Headquarters press conference this morning.

11 July 2008
Press Conference
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

press conference by emergency relief coordinator on crisis in horn of africa


The top United Nations humanitarian official called today for scaled-up efforts to address a severe humanitarian crisis in the Horn of Africa, caused by a combination of drought and soaring food and oil prices.

10 July 2008
Press Conference
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

PRESS CONFERENCE BY MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF PAKISTAN

 


A broad understanding had been reached on the establishment by the Secretary-General of a commission of inquiry into Benazir Bhutto’s assassination, Pakistan’s Minister for Foreign Affairs said at a Headquarters press conference this afternoon.

7 July 2008
Press Conference
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

PRESS CONFERENCE BY SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE ON CHILDREN AND ARMED CONFLICT


The Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict today expressed concern at the deteriorating security situation in Afghanistan, as well as the recruitment and detention of children and sexual violence against boys in that country.