PRESS BRIEFING BY UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN’S FUND

Calling the situation dire, Nils Kastberg, Director of Emergency Programmes, United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), briefed correspondents at Headquarters this afternoon on the consolidated appeal launched by the United Nations to provide life-saving assistance for some 6.5 million people in southern Africa, severely weakened by consecutive failed harvests, extreme poverty and HIV/AIDS. 

PRESS BRIEFING BY CHAIRS OF SECURITY COUNCIL ANTI-TERRORISM COMMITTEES

The war on terrorism had not been won and, although both Committees established by the Security Council to combat it had made “significant contributions”, individuals were becoming complacent and countries were becoming more casual, correspondents were told today at Headquarters.

SECRETARY-GENERAL LAUNCHES COMMISSION ON PRIVATE SECTOR

AND DEVELOPMENT AT HEADQUARTERS PRESS BRIEFING

The birth of the Commission on the Private Sector and Development was yet another illustration of the rapidly growing partnership between the United Nations and the private sector, Secretary-General Kofi Annan told correspondents at a Headquarters press briefing today, as he officially launched the new high-level Commission.

PRESS BRIEFING BY SECRETARY-GENERAL’S SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR CHILDREN

AND ARMED CONFLICT ON RECENT VISIT TO WEST AFRICA

PRESS BRIEFING BY SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR LIBERIA

Quick and concerted international action was needed to address the human suffering of the people of Liberia, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Liberia, Jacques Klein, told correspondents at a Headquarters press briefing today.

PRESS CONFERENCE BY CHAIRPERSON OF FIRST BIENNIAL MEETING ON SMALL ARMS

The purpose of the first Biennial Meeting on small arms had been to gather momentum, political will and professional expertise to better implement the Programme of Action and chart the course toward a better, safer and less tragic world for future generations, correspondents were told this afternoon at a Headquarters press conference by Kuniko Inoguchi, that Meeting’s Chairperson.

PRESS CONFERENCE BY INTERNATIONAL ACTION NETWORK ON SMALL ARMS

The United Nations First Biennial Meeting of States to consider the Implementation of the Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All its Aspects, had been a success, Rebecca Peters, Director of the International Action Network on Small Arms (IANSA), told correspondents at a press conference this afternoon.

PRESS BRIEFING ON ORGANIZED CRIME CONVENTION

The United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime would enter into force on 29 September, Dimitri Vlassis, an officer with the United Nations Centre for International Crime Prevention in Vienna, said today at a Headquarters press briefing.

PRESS CONFERENCE ON SMALL ARMS SURVEY 2003

The 2003 edition of the Small Arms Survey proved that there was a direct link between the spread of small arms and economic underdevelopment, Peter Batchelor, Programme Manager of the “Small Arms Survey 2003”, told correspondents at the text’s launch this morning.

PRESS BRIEFING LAUNCHING HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2003

The “Human Development Report 2003” concludes that significant support was needed from the richer countries for the Millennium Development Goals to be met, David Stewart, co-author of the Report, told correspondents at a Headquarters press briefing today.