PRESS CONFERENCE ON CHILDREN IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

The Security Council must give higher priority to protecting the lives and rights of children in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and holding the perpetrators of abuses accountable, correspondents were told at a Headquarters press conference this morning.

NGO PRESS CONFERENCE ON INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT

PRESS BRIEFING ON SECURITY COUNCIL’S CENTRAL AFRICA MISSION

Briefing correspondents today on the upcoming Security Council mission to Central Africa, the Permanent Representative of France to the United Nations, Jean-Marc de la Sablière, said that the Council’s “ground-based approach” to peacekeeping, involving the deployment of “Blue Helmets” and the authorization of a multinational force, had no hope of succeeding unless there was a solid political process in place. 

PRESS BRIEFING BY UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS

The simple announcement of the deployment of a multinational force to Bunia had already made a difference in the people’s lives there, Jean-Marie Guéhenno, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, told correspondents at a Headquarters press briefing this afternoon.

PRESS CONFERENCE BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

PRESS CONFERENCE ON UNITED NATIONS-CIVIL SOCIETY RELATIONS

It was time to look at new methods of interaction between the United Nations and non-State actors, Fernando Henrique Cardoso, former President of Brazil and Chairman of the Secretary-General’s Panel of Eminent Persons on United Nations Relations with Civil Society, told correspondents at a Headquarters press conference this afternoon.

PRESS BRIEFING BY UNDP ADMINISTRATOR

Mark Malloch Brown, Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), said today he hoped the world leaders meeting next week in Evian, France, would be discussing not whether to address the anti-poverty and development goals of the 2000 Millennium Summit, but how they could resolve them.

PRESS BRIEFING BY SECRETARY-GENERAL’S HUMANITARIAN ENVOY FOR CÔTE D’IVOIRE

With tensions simmering between the Ivorian Government and the “New Forces” opposition, the latest round of talks aimed at ending the conflict in Côte d’Ivoire were at a standstill, and with civilians in rebel-held areas still cut off from basic services, the challenge was to convince donors to provide funding for the ongoing humanitarian efforts, the top United Nations Envoy for the country said today.

PRESS BRIEFING BY CHAIRMAN, PERMANENT FORUM ON INDIGENOUS ISSUES

As the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues concluded its two-week session this afternoon, it was expected to adopt a set of concrete recommendations to the United Nations system on important indigenous issues, the Chairman of the Permanent Forum said at a Headquarters press conference today.

PRESS CONFERENCE BY INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

International press needed to inform the people about the plight of the indigenous people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, correspondents were told at a Headquarters press conference sponsored by the Secretariat for the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues this afternoon.