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.

PRESS BRIEFING LAUNCHING REPORT ‘WORLD ECONOMIC SITUATION AND PROSPECTS’

Press conference by Côte d’Ivoire

 

Reacting to the announcement on “Radio France Internationale” that France had introduced a draft resolution in the Security Council with a view to “toughening” the arms embargo imposed on his country, Cote d’Ivoire’s permanent representative to the United Nations, Philippe Djangone-Bi, said his country could not remain indifferent.

press briefing by chairman of Security Council counter-terrorism committee

press conference by presidency of European Union

Multilateralism was a major priority of the European Union, which would strive to be an effective and positive partner for United Nations agencies, Jean-Marc Hoscheit, Permanent Representative of Luxembourg, said at a Headquarters press conference this morning.

Press BRIEFING ON TSUNAMI RELIEF EFFORT

 

The devastation along the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia, was “truly staggering”, Kevin M. Kennedy, Director of the Coordination and Response Division of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, told correspondents this afternoon as he provided an update on tsunami-related activities.

Press conference by Secretary-general’s special envoy for hiv/aids in africa

Press conference by GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT

The General Assembly today, meeting in plenary for the first time since 23 December 2004, was considering a draft resolution on the strengthening of emergency relief, rehabilitation, reconstruction and prevention in the aftermath of the Indian Ocean tsunami disaster, Assembly President Jean Ping (Gabon) told correspondents today during a briefing at Headquarters.

Press briefing on Millennium Development Goals Report

(Summary of Press Briefing held on 13 January 2005,

embargoed until noon, Monday, 17 January)