Press conference by SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN MYANMAR

(Issued on 2 November 2004)

Paulo Sergio Pinheiro, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, said he was “somewhat sceptical” that there would be democracy “at the end of the tunnel” when the country hosted a meeting of the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) in 2006.

Press conference by human rights rapporteur

 

On Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

 

(Issued on 1 November 2004.)

Press conference by NORWAY’S MINISTER OF INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Reaching the Millennium Development Goals would require the kind of reforms her country was instituting with its approach to the peace process in the Sudan, Norway’s Minister of International Development said this afternoon at a Headquarters press conference.

PRESS BRIEFING ON WOMEN, PEACE AND SECURITY

(Issued on 29 October 2004.)

While women were taking part in more peacekeeping missions, they were still largely excluded from high-level United Nations, civilian and military police jobs, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Jean-Marie Guéhenno said at a Headquarters press briefing today.

PRESS BRIEFING BY SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON RIGHT TO FOOD

(Issued on 29 October 2004)

Because of the world’s riches, dying from hunger today was absurd, unnecessary and reflected a “murderous world order”, Jean Ziegler, Special Rapporteur on the right to food, told correspondents at a Headquarters press briefing this morning.

Press briefing by UN expert on Human Rights in Afghanistan

 

(Issued on 29 October 2004.)

HUMAN RIGHTS PRESS CONFERENCE ON REQUESTED VISITS TO DETENTION CENTRES

(Issued on 28 October 2004.)

press BRIEFING by high commissioner for human rights

 

(Issued on 28 October 2004.)

The “Action Two” reform initiative launched today called for the United Nations to adopt a system-wide approach to support the capacity of interested Member States in protecting and strengthening human rights at the country level, Louise Arbour, High Commissioner for Human Rights, told correspondents today at a Headquarters press briefing.

Press conference by CÔte D’Ivoire

 

(Issued on 28 October 2004.)

Press Briefing by chairman of Security Council’s 1267 Sanctions committee

Cambodia could become a breeding ground for terrorists unless it received urgently needed international cooperation to strengthen its capacity to confront terrorism, Heraldo Muñoz (Chile), Chairman of the Security Council’s Committee concerning sanctions against Al-Qaida and the Taliban, said at a Headquarters press conference this afternoon.