Press Conference

According to the United Nations envoy for the world’s poorest countries, despite real progress over the past three days, talks on drafting a global strategy to help small islands overcome the unique challenges they faced would have to continue during the coming months, in preparation for the international meeting to be held from 30 August to 3 September in Mauritius.

2004 ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL SURVEY OF ASIA AND PACIFIC

LAUNCHED AT HEADQUARTERS PRESS CONFERENCE

Developing countries in Asia and the Pacific experienced strong, broad-based growth in 2003 combined with low inflation, according to the Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific 2004, the flagship publication of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia (ESCAP).

PRESS CONFERENCE ON CIVIL SOCIETY FORUM TO PRECEDE MAURITIUS MEETING

Preparations for a Civil Society Forum, which will precede the August Mauritius meeting, reviewing implementation of the Barbados Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States, was officially launched at a Headquarters press conference this morning.

Press conference on 2004 global economic outlook

Despite the current turbulent world situation, things were, from an economic point of view, looking better for the near-term with the world economy expected to grow by 3.7 per cent this year, Nobel Laureate Lawrence Klein, founder of project LINK, told correspondents this morning.

Press conference by chair of sustainable development commission

The world was not where it should be when it came to meeting the globally agreed goals and targets for sustainable development, Børge Brende, Norwegian Minister of the Environment and Chairman of the twelfth session of the Commission on Sustainable Development said today at a Headquarters press conference.

PRESS BRIEFING ON DISASTER-REDUCTION INITIATIVES

In 2003 alone, over 70,000 people perished in some 700 disasters that affected 600 million men, women and children and caused $65 billion in damages, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Jan Egeland told correspondents this afternoon at a Headquarters press briefing. 

PRESS BRIEFING ON ROAD, TRAFFIC SAFETY

press conference by human rights committee

Experts from the United Nations panel monitoring implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights held a press conference at Headquarters today, wrapping up a three-week session at which the Human Rights Committee considered and adopted concluding observations and recommendations on the reports submitted by Colombia, Uganda, Germany, Suriname and Lithuania.

                                                            2 April 2004

Press CONFERENCE by security council president

The Security Council President for the month of April, Gunter Pleuger (Germany), briefing correspondents on the Council’s schedule, said that the most politically sensitive discussion would concern the draft resolution on weapons of mass destruction, around which a “positive groundswell” was forming to evolve a Security Council text.