Press conference by CHAIRMAN OF AD HOC COMMITTEE ON DISABILITIES CONVENTION

Press conference by chef de cabinet on oil-for-food programme investigation

Following is a near-verbatim transcript of today’s press conference by Mark Malloch Brown, Chef de Cabinet.

Mark Malloch Brown:  Let me just quickly read a statement first.

PRESS conference on niger aid

 

In an effort to alleviate the worsening crisis gripping the world’s second poorest country, the United Nations today appealed for just under $81 million in humanitarian aid for Niger.

Press conference on summit outcome document

Press conference by Iraq

 

Press conference by NORWAY’S FOREIGN MINISTER

Press conference by SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

 

The Security Council’s programme of work for August was a relatively light one, this month’s Council President Kenzo Oshima ( Japan) told correspondents this afternoon during a press conference at Headquarters, adding that he hoped it would remain that way.

PRESS BRIEFING BY HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS

 

Press conference by Japan’s foreign minister

Japan’s Foreign Minister, Nobutaka Machimura, briefed correspondents this afternoon at Headquarters on Security Council reform, in the wake of a ministerial meeting in London of the “G-4” and African Union countries, and the introduction this month in the General Assembly of competing draft resolutions on Council reform –- by the “G-4/AU” and the so-called “Uniting for Consensus” group.

PRESS BRIEFING BY SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR CHILDREN AND ARMED CONFLICT

The adoption by the Security Council today of a series of measures, including the establishment of a comprehensive monitoring and reporting mechanism, to ensure the protection of children in armed conflict, was of great consequence and the first of its kind within the United Nations, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict Olara Otunnu said today at a Headquarters press briefing.