Press Conference

PRESS BRIEFING ON SOMALIA

Without a real central government, police force or transport network, Somalia, nevertheless, supported a few vibrant business sectors and promising education centres; and with its committed diaspora, the war-torn country was showing signs of recovery, a senior United Nations humanitarian official said today.

PRESS CONFERENCE BY PALESTINE’S PERMANENT OBSERVER

    The debate over the wall, which was destroying the life and future of the Palestinian people and making the two-State solution impossible, was over, the Permanent Observer for Palestine declared today at a Headquarters press conference, following the issuance Friday of a ruling by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) that the barrier violated international law and should be dismantled.

PRESS CONFERENCE BY ISRAEL

“This is a dark day for the International Court of Justice and the international legal system”, Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations said today, just hours after the Court ruled that the controversial Israeli-built security barrier in the West Bank was illegal and should be torn down.

press conference on 2004 un population award

PRESS BRIEFING BY CHIEF OF COUNTER-TERRORISM EXECUTIVE DIRECTORATE

Everybody knew a terrorist act when they saw one, the chief of the Security Council’s new anti-terror directorate insisted today as he vowed to press ahead in his quest to unite governments and international organizations in combating international terrorism, even as the General Assembly continued to grapple with a definition.

PRESS BRIEFING BY PRESIDENT OF SECURITY COUNCIL

July would be an intense month for the Security Council, Mihnea Ioan Motoc (Romania), its President for this month, said at a Headquarters press briefing this afternoon.

press conference on liberian children

With the conclusion of the Security Council visit to West Africa today, members of a broad-based network of non-governmental organizations called on Council members to take immediate action to protect Liberian children from violence, abuse and sexual exploitation, at a Headquarters press conference this morning.

PRESS BRIEFING BY SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON EXTRAJUDICIAL, ARBITRARY EXECUTIONS

There was ample evidence that the Government of Sudan had helped to perpetuate grave human rights violations in that country’s Darfur region, and it was Khartoum’s responsibility to check the cycle of violence and end the culture of impunity, a special rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights said at a Headquarters press conference today.

PRESS CONFERENCE BY UNITED NATIONS OFFICE ON DRUGS AND CRIME

Vincent McClean, New York representative of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, announced the launch of the year-long “Drugs:  Treatment Works” campaign at a Headquarters press conference this afternoon, highlighting the findings of the recently published United Nations World Drug Report 2004.

PRESS BRIEFING BY SPECIAL ADVISER MAURICE STRONG