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Press Conference


19 November 2007
Press Conference
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

press conference on United Nations system activities in chernobyl-affected areas


The health impacts in the three areas most affected by the Chernobyl nuclear disaster 21 years ago were much less severe than previously assumed, according to recent scientific findings, a top United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) official said today.

16 November 2007
Press Conference
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

PRESS CONFERENCE on Bangladesh CYCLONE

 

8 November 2007
Press Conference
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

PRESS CONFERENCE TO LAUNCH NEW GLOBAL STUDY ‘EDUCATION UNDER ATTACK’


The rights of children to education were being denied as a result of targeted violence in many countries around the world, Mark Richmond, of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), said at Headquarters today.

6 November 2007
Press Conference
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

PRESS CONFERENCE ON STRENGTHENING DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL AFFAIRS


Strengthening the Department of Political Affairs would allow the United Nations to carry out “preventive diplomacy”, B. Lynn Pascoe, Under-Secretary-General of Political Affairs, said during a press conference at Headquarters this afternoon.