PRESS CONFERENCE BY SPECIAL ENVOY ON HUMAN SETTLEMENTS ISSUES IN ZIMBABWE

PRESS BRIEFING BY SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR SUDAN

 

If the international community wished to reach a peace agreement in the Sudan’s Darfur area before the end of the year, it must invest time and energy to raise the confidence of leaders and commanders in all concerned parties, a senior United Nations official told correspondents at a Headquarters briefing today.

PRESS BRIEFING BY CHAIR OF WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE

The Committee for the Elimination of Discrimination against Women had urged several countries during this year’s session to eliminate discriminatory stereotypes, customs and practices, tackle violence against women, and increase women’s education, as well as participation in public life, the Chairperson of that body told correspondents at a Headquarters briefing today.

Press Briefing by Under-Secretary-General of Office of internal oversight services

Evaluating the United Nations watchdog office to bring about greater independence, transparency and accountability was the first priority for Inga-Britt Ahlenius, the new Under-Secretary General of the Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS), she said this afternoon in her first Headquarters press briefing.

Press conferenceon women’s role in conflict prevention

 

Women as peace builders were vitally needed to draw up policies and spark dialogue on post-conflict activities at the grass-roots level, the representative of a West African non-governmental organization told correspondents today at a Headquarters briefing.

Press conferenceon civil society’s role in conflict prevention

 

The last three years, culminating in today’s opening of the first-ever civil society meeting on conflict prevention, had demonstrated civil society’s commitment to creating a real agenda of human security for global change, correspondents were told at a Headquarters press conference today.

PRESS CONFERENCEON WOMEN’S ROLE IN PEACE PROCESSES

 

There was a critical need to integrate women in conflict prevention and peacebuilding negotiations, speakers said at a United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) press conference, held at Headquarters today.

press conference by nigeria’s foreign minister

The African States would be willing to negotiate possible changes to their draft proposal on Security Council expansion with ministers of the Group of 4 (G-4), Nigerian Foreign Minister Oluyemi Adeniji said at a Headquarters press conference this afternoon.

PRESS BRIEFING ON CENTRALAFRICANREPUBLIC

 

Stressing the need to prevent the Central African Republic from sliding back into conflict, United Nations Resident Coordinator Stan Nkwain said at a Headquarters press briefing this afternoon that the State must urgently resume its normal functioning in terms of providing security, so that the population could be convinced to resume farming and other economic activities.

PRESS CONFERENCE BY INTER-PARLIAMENTARY UNION

 

The bonds of cooperation between members of Parliaments around the globe and the United Nations should be strengthened to help government officials tackle the problems -- from poverty to international trade to terrorism -- that are facing today’s world, several members of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) said today at a Headquarters press conference.