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

Carolyn McAskie, the Secretary-General’s Humanitarian Envoy for the crisis in Côte d’Ivoire, briefing correspondents at Headquarters today, said she was renewing her appeal for more donor assistance and the implementation of the peace accord recently reached in Paris, in order to avert a human tragedy in that West African country.

NGO PRESS CONFERENCE ON HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN IRAQ

Iraq’s public health and food distribution system would collapse in the event of a military intervention there, causing a humanitarian crisis far beyond the capacity of the United Nations and relief agencies, according to a report by the New York-based Center for Economic and Social Rights (CESR), released at a Headquarters press conference this morning.

PRESS CONFERENCE ON AFGHANISTAN

PRESS BRIEFING TO LAUNCH 2003 INTERNATIONAL YOUTH ART COMPETITION

“We challenge teachers and students all over the world to work in favour of a better world for everyone”, Nancy Rivard, President of Airline Ambassadors International (AAI) told correspondents at the launching of the 2003 International Youth Art Competition today. 

PRESS CONFERENCE ON MISSILE DEFENCE COSTS

A “layered” or comprehensive missile defence system, such as the one favoured by the United States Government, could cost between $800 billion and $1.2 trillion, far more than the $60 billion estimated during the previous United States administration, according to a new study released at a Headquarters press conference this morning.

PRESS CONFERENCE BY WESTERN ASIA ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMISSION

The first issue of the “Annual Review of Developments in Globalization and Regional Integration in the countries of the ESCWA Region 2002”, a flagship publication of the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), was launched at a Headquarters press conference this morning.

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PRESS BRIEFING ON AFGHAN OPIUM ECONOMY BY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR,

UNITED NATIONS OFFICE ON DRUGS AND CRIME

PRESS CONFERENCE ON INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT

The first resumed meeting of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, to take place from 3 to 7 February at Headquarters, will elect 18 Judges to the Court from among candidates nominated by 43 countries, William Pace, Convenor, Non-governmental Organizations (NGO) Coalition of the International Criminal Court, told correspondents this morning at a Headquarters press conference.

PRESS CONFERENCE BY GEORGIA

At a Headquarters press conference this afternoon, Georgia’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Revaz Adamia, appealed to the Security Council to assume effective leadership over the peace process in Abkhazia, in light of what he referred to as the Russian Federation’s ongoing annexation of that region.