PRESS BRIEFING BY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF UNICEF

Sport can serve as a practical tool for achieving United Nations development goals and for promoting peace, Carol Bellamy, Executive Director of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), told correspondents at a Headquarters briefing this afternoon.

PRESS BRIEFING BY UN SECURITY CHIEF

Michael McCann, Chief of the United Nations Security and Safety Service, briefed correspondents this afternoon at Headquarters about security arrangements for the 58th General Assembly’s general debate, which will take place from 23 September to 3 October.

PRESS BRIEFING ON CHILD SURVIVAL BY UNICEF, WHO HEADS

While there had been an improvement in global health and living standards, a great gulf in those areas had opened between the developed and developing worlds, between urban and rural populations and between women and men, Carol Bellamy, Executive Director of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), told correspondents this afternoon at a Headquarters press briefing.

PRESS CONFERENCE ON INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE

The International Day of Peace, observed on 21 September, would be promoted by the global broadcast of two new public service announcements, the Under-Secretary-General for Communication and Public Information, Shashi Tharoor, told correspondents at a Headquarters press conference and screening this morning.

PRESS BRIEFING BY SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR LIBERIA

Briefing correspondents today on the situation in Liberia, Jacques Klein, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Liberia, said that the country had “stepped back in time”.

PRESS BRIEFING ON UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS

“The era of peacekeeping operations is changing”, said Major-General Patrick Cammaert, Military Adviser to the Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO), at a Headquarters press briefing today.

NGO PRESS BRIEFING ON HUMAN SECURITY

Speaking to the press on the last day of the DPI/NGO Conference on “Human Security and Dignity:  fulfilling the Promise of the United Nations”, two of the event’s key speakers emphasized the importance of an integrated approach to reducing global human suffering and insecurity, which should bring together State and civil society players. 

PRESS BRIEFING BY NGO COALITION FOR INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT

Discussion at a press conference today given by representatives of the Coalition for the International Criminal Court (ICC) -- a network of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in support of the ICC -- centred on the Coalition’s perception of the challenges to the Rome Statute, including the United States’ bilateral immunity agreements, and infringements on the Statute by the Security Council. 

PRESS CONFERENCE ON ‘ROLE OF UNITED NATIONS’ BY INTERNATIONAL COLLEGIUM

At a Headquarters press conference this morning, the International Ethical, Political and Scientific Collegium called for development of an agenda that would improve global governance and focus the world’s energies and attention on solving the problems of an increasingly interdependent world.

NGO PRESS BRIEFING ON GLOBAL AIDS FUND