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.

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.

Press briefing by women’s anti-discrimination committee

 

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women had conducted its first inquiry into the murders and disappearances of more than 320 women in the Ciudad Juarez area of Chihuahua State, Mexico, that had been occurring since 1993, correspondents were told at a Headquarters press briefing this afternoon.

Press Briefing ON ELECTORAL ASSISTANCE ON IRAQ

 

With Iraq’s first free elections in nearly half a century just days away, the head of the United Nations Political Affairs office denounced the ongoing threats of violence and intimidation targeting voters and election workers as unjustifiable and “just plain wrong”, and encouraged all Iraqis to exercise their democratic rights so that political transition could finally begin in their war-torn country.

PRESS BRIEFING ON TSUNAMI RELIEF EFFORT

One month after the biggest earthquake in 40 years had affected 12 countries thousands of miles of ocean apart, United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator Jan Egeland said today at Headquarters that the humanitarian response had been “remarkably, perhaps singularly, effective, swift and muscular”.

PRESS CONFERENCE BY PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF GEORGIA

The Security Council should not become an exclusive club of privileged nations -- its decisions should be transparent and clear to the international community, Georgia’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Revaz Adamia, told correspondents at a Headquarters press conference this afternoon.