PRESS BRIEFING BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Pakistan’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Munir Akram told correspondents at a Headquarters press briefing that the Security Council had passed through a difficult path and, as President of that body for the month of May, he hoped to serve in rebuilding consensus and reconciliation.

PRESS BRIEFING ON ORGANIZATIONAL INTEGRITY INITIATIVE

To match its efforts at the forefront of the battle against fraud and corruption around the world, the United Nations was undertaking an initiative to mainstream ethics and integrity within the Organization, correspondents were told at a Headquarters press briefing today. 

PRESS BRIEFING BY NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Representatives of four non-governmental organizations addressed the issue of whether the United Nations was still relevant, and whether multilateralism and sustainable development could survive in a “one super-power world”, at a Headquarters press conference this afternoon, sponsored by the Department of Economic and Social Affairs.

PRESS BRIEFING ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION

The high-level segment of the Commission on Sustainable Development’s current session had been “very successful” and had shown that the spirit of the Johannesburg Summit on sustainable development had carried through, correspondents were told at a Headquarters press briefing this afternoon. 

PRESS BRIEFING ON LAUNCH OF HUMAN SECURITY REPORT

The report of the independent Commission on Human Security –- co-chaired by Sadako Ogata, former United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and Amartya Sen, Nobel Laureate in economic science, was launched at a press briefing at United Nations Headquarters this afternoon.  A copy of the report was earlier presented to Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

PRESS BRIEFING BY UNESCO DIRECTOR-GENERAL

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) was negotiating with the occupying power in Iraq to send an assessment mission to Baghdad and possibly other important cultural sites during early May to obtain a clearer idea of what cultural artefacts had been taken, UNESCO’s Director-General said this morning at a Headquarters press briefing.

PRESS BRIEFING ON ‘OIL-FOR-FOOD’ PROGRAMME

Despite shortcomings, the “oil-for-food” programme, established by the Security Council, had been successful in mitigating the devastating consequences of sanctions for the Iraqi people, the Executive Director of the Office of the Iraq Programme told correspondents this afternoon at a Headquarters press briefing.

PRESS BRIEFING ON INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT

PRESS CONFERENCE ON INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT

The election of Luis Moreno Ocampo as the first chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) was yet another momentous step in laying the foundation for the most important human rights organization created in the last 50 years, correspondents were told at a Headquarters pres conference today. 

PRESS CONFERENCE ON TRADE OF IRAQI CULTURAL OBJECTS

A meeting of 30 international archaeological experts has urgently recommended that a ban be placed on the trade of all cultural objects from Iraq, Mounir Bouchenaki, Assistant Director-General of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) told correspondents at a Headquarters press conference today.