PRESS BRIEFING ON GLOBAL EFFORT AGAINST EYE DISEASE, TRACHOMA

PRESS BRIEFING ON UNITED NATIONS FOUNDATION

At a Headquarters press briefing this morning, Ted Turner, Chairman of the United Nations Foundation (UNF) and Timothy E. Wirth, President of the Foundation, briefed correspondents on the Foundation’s Board of Directors meeting and introduced some of its new initiatives. 

PRESS BRIEFING BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Ismael Abraão Gaspar Martins, permanent representative of Angola, briefed correspondents this morning on the work programme of the Security Council during Angola’s presidency during the month of November.

PRESS BRIEFING BY UNRWA COMMISSIONER-GENERAL

While donations had increased for the regular programmes of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), donations to its emergency programme had fallen off dramatically, according to Peter Hansen, Commissioner-General of the Agency, who addressed correspondents at a Headquarters press briefing this afternoon.

PRESS BRIEFING ON WORLD SUMMIT ON INFORMATION SOCIETY

The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) would focus on how to close the “digital divide” in key areas of connectivity, computerization and capacity for content development between developed and developing countries, Nitin Desai, the Secretary-General’s Special Adviser for the Summit, told correspondents this morning at a Headquarters press briefing.

PRESS CONFERENCE BY PRESIDENT OF UGANDA

PRESS BRIEFING ON UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION AGAINST CORRUPTION

With the General Assembly set to adopt the Convention against Corruption this afternoon, the United Nations was witnessing a momentous day in its history, the Acting Chairman of the ad hoc committee tasked with negotiating the Convention told correspondents at a Headquarters press conference today.

PRESS CONFERENCE ON INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF RICE

The decision to mark 2004 as the International Year of Rice was the first time the United Nations has dedicated a year to a crop commodity, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)’s Assistant Director General told correspondents at Headquarters today.

PRESS BRIEFING ON SANCTIONS AGAINST AL-QAEDA AND TALIBAN

Heraldo Muñoz of Chile, Chairman of the Sanctions Committee against Al-Qaeda and the Taliban established by the Security Council, briefed correspondents on his recent mission to Europe, Asia and the Middle East at a Headquarters press conference this morning. 

PRESS BRIEFING ON SECURITY COUNCIL MISSION TO AFGHANISTAN

German Ambassador Gunter Pleuger briefed reporters at Headquarters today on the Security Council’s upcoming mission to Afghanistan, scheduled to take place from 31 October to 7 November.