PRESS BRIEFING ON 2002 TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT REPORT

There was very little optimism concerning the possibility for developing countries to return to the kinds of growth rates required to increase their per capita incomes, Jan Kregel, Senior Economic Adviser, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), told correspondents this morning at a Headquarters press briefing.

PRESS BRIEFING ON 2002 ECONOMIC, SOCIAL SURVEY FOR ASIA AND PACIFIC

A publication entitled Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific 2002 -- Economic Prospects:  Preparing for Recovery was launched at a Headquarters press briefing today by the Permanent Representative of Maldives to the United Nations, Hussain Shihab, whose country is the current Chair of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP).

PRESS BRIEFING ON SECURITY COUNCIL MISSION TO DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

Jean-David Levitte, France’s permanent representative to the United Nations, briefed correspondents at Headquarters today on the Security Council's upcoming mission to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, scheduled for 27 April to 7 May.

PRESS BRIEFING ON SUDAN

“Sudan presents us with a very complex situation; it is a mixture of some positive developments and others which give rise to very serious concerns”, Tom Vraalsen, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs for the Sudan, told correspondents at a Headquarters press briefing this afternoon.

PRESS CONFERENCE ON 2002 GLOBAL ECONOMIC OUTLOOK

Next year would be a better year, economically speaking, provided that big contingencies did not occur -– that the war in Afghanistan and other parts of the world did not escalate, that the United States was able to sustain its recovery, and that energy prices did not spin out of control, correspondents were told today at a Headquarters press conference, upon the release of the 2002 Global Economic Outlook.

PRESS BRIEFING ON PEACE OPERATIONS CHALLENGES

Challenges of Peace Operations:  Into the 21^st Century, the concluding report of a five-year project in support of United Nations peacekeeping operations, was presented this afternoon by Swedish Foreign Minster Anna Lindh and Lt. Gen. Satish Nambiar, head of the Centre for United Nations Peacekeeping, United Service Institution of India, at a Headquarters press conference.

PRESS CONFERENCE ON HIV/AIDS

The United States was joining France, Italy, Luxembourg and other countries in creating partnerships between American and African health-care systems to fight HIV/AIDS, United States Secretary for Health and Human Services Tommy Thompson said at Headquarters this afternoon.

PRESS CONFERENCE ON MEETING OF ECOSOC, BRETTON WOODS INSTITUTIONS

At United Nations Headquarters today, the President of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) briefed journalists on the Council’s annual high-level meeting with the Bretton Woods institutions. 

PRESS CONFERENCE BY PANEL OF EXPERTS ON LIBERIA SANCTIONS

The Panel of Experts on Liberia Sanctions briefed correspondents this afternoon at Headquarters on its most recent report, which it will present today to the Security Council.

HEADQUARTERS PRESS CONFERENCE BY PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF VENEZUELA

The people's support for Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez after he was ousted from power in the recent coup had proved vital, and would continue to be so in the days ahead, Venezuelan Ambassador to the United Nations Milos Alcalay told correspondents at a Headquarters press briefing today.