PRESS BRIEFING BY SECRETARY-GENERAL'S SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE

FOR CHILDREN AND ARMED CONFLICT

Briefing correspondents this afternoon following his recent mission to Afghanistan, Olara Otunnu, the Secretary-General's Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict, called for major investments in the children and youth of that country, particularly in the areas of education, nutrition and basic medical care.

HEADQUARTERS PRESS CONFERENCE BY UNITED STATES BUREAU

OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO AND FIREMAMS

PRESS BRIEFING ON INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ILLICIT TOBACCO TRADE

The Executive Director of the World Health Organization's Cluster on Non-Communicable Diseases and Mental Health, Derek Yach, briefed correspondents upon the conclusion today of the International Conference on Illicit Tobacco Trade.

Dr. Yach reminded correspondents that the Conference, which began on

WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION PRESS CONFERENCE ON HARMFULNESS OF TOBACCO

While the officials gathered at the ongoing International Conference on Illicit Tobacco Trade came from different backgrounds, they shared the same goal, the Executive Director of the World Health Organization's Cluster on Non-Communicable Diseases and Mental Health said at a Headquarters press conference yesterday. 

PRESS CONFERENCE BY UNITED STATES BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO AND FIREARMS

The United States Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms this morning announced today’s opening at United Nations Headquarters of the first-ever International Conference on the Illicit Tobacco Trade.

HEADQUARTERS PRESS BRIEFING BY UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

PRESS BRIEFING BY INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNAL FOR THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA

The President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), Claude Jorda, said the Tribunal was happy with the response and support it had received from the Security Council after presenting its report on the overall strategy aimed at completing the Tribunal's work during the period 2008-2010.

PRESS CONFERENCE BY WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME

HEADQUARTERS BRIEFING ON INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNAL FOR RWANDA

The situation in Rwanda, including the resolution of the crisis in the neighbouring Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the pace of proceedings of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, was the subject of a Headquarters press conference this morning.

PRESS BRIEFING ON HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN SOUTHERN AFRICA

The United Nations has launched an appeal for $611 million to avert a humanitarian crisis of "staggering proportions" in southern Africa, said Kenzo Oshima, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, at Headquarters today.