PRESS BRIEFING ON PEACE AND COOPERATION AWARD 2005

 

For 20 years now, the Peace and Cooperation Award competition had been raising awareness concerning international issues and the outcome of important United Nations conferences in schools around the world, correspondents were told at a Headquarters press briefing this morning.

PRESS BRIEFING ON CHILDREN IN ARMED CONFLICT

 

The battle to ensure the well-being of children exposed to armed conflict had now reached a “turning point”, said to the United Nations Special envoy on the issue today, as he launched a planned monitoring and reporting mechanism to track violations of children's rights, identify offending parties and weigh accountability.

Press conference by social development commission

 

Press conference by IRAQ

 

A senior Iraqi diplomat today said that first impressions of an independent panel’s report detailing conflicts of interest and flawed management in the now-defunct “oil-for-food” programme revealed a United Nations Secretariat whose actions were at odds with the will of the 15-member Security Council, the world body’s only organ whose decisions carry legal effect.

Press conference on convention protecting

 

rights of persons with disabilities

 

Things were progressing very nicely on a very difficult issue -- a draft convention on the protection and promotion of the rights and dignity of persons with disabilities -- correspondents were told at a Headquarters’ press conference today.

Transcript of press conference by Secretary-General’s chef de cabinet

Mr. Malloch Brown:  Let me start with a statement of the Secretary-General that I am reading for him.

Press briefing by Security Council president

 

Press briefing on iraq elections

Organized amid violence and mayhem, the 30 January election in Iraq had been a dignified and peaceful demonstration of a vibrant civil society, sending a message to the world that normal people had something to say about their destinies, the head of the United Nations Electoral Assistance Division told correspondents at a Headquarters press briefing today.

Press conference by IRAQ’S UN REPRESENTATIVE

Sunday’s election was an occasion for celebration, Samir Sumaidaie, Permanent Representative of Iraq to the United Nations, told correspondents at a Headquarters press conference this morning.  Collectively, as a nation, Iraq had marked the beginning of a new era, and there was a sense of achievement among the people.

Press BRIEFING FOR MEMBER STATES ON TSUNAMI

 

Thirty-two days after nearly 200,000 people had been killed and 12 Indian Ocean countries devastated by a massive tsunami, top United Nations emergency and development officials emphasized the importance of converting pledges into contributions and funding recovery activities, which would allow people of one of the world’s most populated and disaster-prone regions to regain their livelihoods.