PRESS BRIEFING ON DPI/NGO CONFERENCE

Concluding its three day session on the eve of the General Assembly’s fifty-ninth session, the 57^th Annual DPI/NGO Conference entitled “Millennium Development Goals:  Civil Society Takes Action” had been especially significant, Mark Malloch-Brown, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Administrator and Chair of the United Nations Development Group, told correspondents at a Headquarters press conference today.

Press conference by women’s NGOs

 

There was no such thing as “women’s issues” as every issue of significant concern to the world was intimately related to women’s ability to achieve gender equality and gender equity, Kavita Ramdas, President, Global Fund for Women, told correspondents today during a Headquarters press conference.  Wu Qing, Director, Cultural Development Centre for Rural Women, China, also participated.

Press Conference on Disabilities Convention Negotiations

 

press conference by Security Council president

 

September would be yet another month of intense work for the Security Council, as a result of both an accumulation of agenda items that needed to be addressed and the beginning of the General Assembly session, Juan Antonio Yáñez-Barnuevo (Spain), this month’s President of the international peace and security body told the press at a Headquarters briefing this afternoon.

Press Conference by chair of Security Council committee on al-Qaida sanctions

Asserting that counter-terrorism efforts were at a critical juncture, Heraldo Muñoz (Chile), Chairman of the Security Council Committee established to oversee implementation of sanctions imposed on Osama bin Laden, Al-Qaida and the Taliban, said that the sanctions regime risked becoming irrelevant if it was not strengthened.

PRESS BRIEFING ON SUDAN

Reports from the Sudan that many internally displaced persons had returned to their villages in Darfur because security had improved were contradicted by statements received from humanitarian workers and internally displaced persons, Francis Deng, the Secretary-General’s Representative on Internally Displaced Persons, said today as he briefed correspondents on his visit to the country.

PRESS CONFERENCE BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

The new Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation and President of the Security Council for August, Andrey I. Denisov, briefed correspondents this afternoon on the Council’s work programme for the month, following the presentation of his credentials to Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

PRESS CONFERENCE BY COTED’IVOIRE

The dismissal of three Ivorian Cabinet members was the result of the need for vigorous action by the President of the Republic in response to the impasse resulting from a boycott by some opposition ministers, Philippe Djangone-Bi, Permanent Representative of Cote d’Ivoire to the United Nations, said at a Headquarters press conference this afternoon.

PRESS BRIEFINGONLIBERIA’S HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION

Although security had improved greatly since the deployment of the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL), very serious remaining concerns must be addressed if the Accra Peace Agreement was to be successfully implemented, Charlotte Abaka, Independent Expert on the human rights situation in Liberia, said at a Headquarters press conference this afternoon.

PRESS CONFERENCE BY WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSON

In a statement issued today, the Women’s Anti-Discrimination Committee urged Iraq’s new Interim Government to ensure gender equality in the country, particularly in its laws, reconstruction efforts and upcoming electoral process, the Chairperson of that body told correspondents at Headquarters today.