PRESS CONFERENCE BY SPECIAL ENVOY FOR MYANMAR

The Myanmar Government's lifting of restrictions on movement of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi was not an end in itself, but part of a reconciliation process, the Secretary-General's Special Envoy for that country, Razali Ismail, told correspondents this afternoon at a Headquarters press conference.

PRESS BRIEFING ON SIERRA LEONE ELECTIONS

The fact that there was no significant incident during the presidential and parliamentary elections held in Sierra Leone yesterday was a major testament to the political will of the Sierra Leonean people to move towards peace and build the foundations of peace, Jean-Marie Guéhenno, Under Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, told correspondents at a Headquarters briefing today.

PRESS CONFERENCE BY HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS

Indigenous issues must be placed high on the international agenda, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Mary Robinson said this afternoon at a Headquarters press conference.

PRESS BRIEFING ON SREBRENICA REGIONAL RECOVERY INITIATIVE

PRESS CONFERENCE BY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF EMINENT PERSONS GROUP

In Africa, an ever-expanding illicit trade in small arms was "thriving on the backs of the continent's youth", Albrecht Muth, Executive Director of the Eminent Persons Group, told correspondents at a Headquarters press conference today.  He hoped to announce shortly the creation of an informal transparency mechanism, which would shed light on small arms transfers to the African continent.

PRESS BRIEFING BY UNICEF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

The outcome document of the special session on children included strong language on child rights, the Executive Director of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), Carol Bellamy, told correspondents this afternoon during a briefing at Headquarters.

PRESS CONFERENCE ON PALESTINIAN CHILDREN

One of four Palestinian children addressing correspondents at a Headquarters press conference today replied to a question about what she felt when she met an Israeli child, "We don't hate the child.  We hate the occupation."  She said she had no chance to live in peace like other children around the world.

PRESS CONFERENCE BY UNAIDS AND UNICEF

PRESS CONFERENCE BY CONFEDERATION OF FREE TRADE UNIONS

Representatives of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) and the Global March against Child Labour this morning expressed their concern about the state of negotiations on the outcome document of the special session on children, at a Headquarters press conference sponsored by the Netherlands.

PRESS CONFERENCE BY United Kingdom Chancellor of the Exchequer

Given the commitments already made this year, the international community had an unprecedented opportunity to make the year 2002 a historic year for moving towards implementation of the Millennium Development Goals, Gordon Brown, United Kingdom Chancellor of the Exchequer, told correspondents at a Headquarters press conference this morning.