PRESS BRIEFING LAUNCHING WORLD ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL SURVEY 2003

The economic recovery forecast one year ago for the second half of 2002 had been delayed by geopolitical developments, Ian Kinniburgh, Director of the Development Policy Analysis Division, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, told correspondents this morning during a press briefing at Headquarters launching the World Economic and Social Survey 2003.

PRESS BRIEFING ON IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION

“We, at the United Nations, do not engage in a reconstruction plan in any country without the citizens of that country in the driver’s seat”, Humanitarian Coordinator for Iraq, Ramiro Lopes da Silva, told correspondents today in a briefing on the humanitarian appeal for Iraq and its reconstruction needs.

PRESS BRIEFING ON SECURITY COUNCIL WEST AFRICA MISSION

Briefing correspondents on the eve of the Security Council’s mission to seven West African countries, the United Kingdom’s Permanent Representative, Jeremy Greenstock, who will lead the mission, told correspondents that it would focus on three principal issues, namely, the situations in Guinea-Bissau, Côte d’Ivoire and Liberia.

PRESS CONFERENCE BY UNDP ADMINISTRATOR ON IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION NEEDS

The achievements of today’s “Technical Consultation on Reconstruction Needs for Iraq” could not be underestimated, Mark Malloch Brown, Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and Chair of the United Nations Development Group, told correspondents this afternoon during a press conference at Headquarters.

PRESS CONFERENCE BY UNITED STATES NATIONAL COUNCIL ON DISABILITY

PRESS BRIEFING BY EMERGENCY RELIEF COORDINATOR, HUMANITARIAN COORDINATOR FOR IRAQ

PRESS CONFERENCE ON IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION SP0NSORED BY UNITED STATES

“We are here to say to the international community that Iraq is back”, members of a team of senior experts from key sectors in Iraq announced today to correspondents, at a Headquarters press conference sponsored by the United States Mission.

PRESS BRIEFING BY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, UN OFFICE ON DRUGS AND CRIME

The Myanmar and Lao People’s Democratic Republic Opium Surveys for 2003 confirm the downward trend in opium cultivation in the “Golden Triangle” (which also includes Thailand), Antonio Maria Costa, Executive Director, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), stated this afternoon at the launch of the surveys at Headquarters.

PRESS BRIEFING BY UNFPA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

At a Headquarters press briefing today, Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Thoraya Obaid, sounded a global alarm to help women combat obstetric fistula, a debilitating pregnancy-related condition caused by prolonged obstructed labour.

PRESS CONFERENCE ON PERU’S TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSION

After two intense years, the Peruvian Truth and Reconciliation Commission was nearing the final stages of its work and would soon release a report on its findings, correspondents were told this morning at a Headquarters press conference sponsored by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).