PRESS CONFERENCE BY CÔTE D’IVOIRE

 

The recent signing of the Pretoria Agreement on the Peace Process in Côte d’Ivoire under the mediation of South African President Thabo Mbeki represented a historic breakthrough in Côte d’Ivoire’s prospects for peace and stability, correspondents were told at a Headquarters press conference today.

PRESS BRIEFING ON NUCLEAR TERRORISM CONVENTION

 

Nicolas Michel, Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs and United Nations Legal Counsel, this afternoon stressed the importance of the General Assembly’s adoption, tomorrow, of the draft International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism.

PRESS BRIEFING ON SECURITY COUNCIL MISSION TO HAITI

 

The United Nations Security Council will visit Haiti from 13 to 16 April, in an attempt to demonstrate its support for the creation of a secure and stable environment there, as well as assess the country’s long-term needs, the Permanent Representative of Brazil, Ronaldo Mota Sardenberg, told correspondents at a UN Headquarters briefing this afternoon. 

Press briefing on sustainable development commission

 

The challenges before the Commission on Sustainable Development were of great importance for the international community, particularly in terms of achieving the Millennium Development Goals and for the broader development agenda agreed in United Nations conferences, José Antonio Ocampo,
Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, said at Headquarters this morning.

PRESS BRIEFING ON HIV/AIDS, POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT

 

PRESS BRIEFING ON WORLD HEALTH REPORT 2005

 

PRESS BRIEFING BY ‘IN LARGER FREEDOM’ SPECIAL ENVOYS

 

With the General Assembly’s open debate on Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s wide-ranging reform package getting under way today, two newly-appointed special Envoys who will be travelling extensively to rally the support of world leaders met with correspondents at Headquarters today.

PRESS BRIEFING BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

 

The focus of the Security Council for third month would continue to be on Africa, the Middle East and Iraq, Wang Guangya (China), Council President for the month of April, said at a Headquarters press briefing this afternoon.

PRESS BRIEFING BY HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CHAIR

 

With its decisions and recommendations now gaining acceptance outside purely academic circles, the Geneva-based Human Rights Committee, in a timely move, will request the Government of the Sudan to compile a special report on its compliance with key articles of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which the panel monitors.

PRESS BRIEFING ON NUCLEAR Terrorism CONVENTION

 

Calling the adoption of the draft convention on nuclear terrorism by the General Assembly’s Ad Hoc Committee on Terrorism a landmark achievement, Committee Chairman Rohan Perera (Sri Lanka) said the text would provide a legal regime to combat the menace of terrorism, and situations where nuclear material might fall into the hands of non-State actors.