PRESS CONFERENCE BY PRIME MINISTER OF GREECE

The Prime Minister of Greece, Costa Simitis, told correspondents at a Headquarters press conference today that he had had an open and friendly discussion with the Secretary-General today, who had pointed to the possibility of having the outlines for a solution to the Cyprus question by the end of June.

PRESS CONFERENCE ON GLOBAL COMPACT

Big business knew that it was already at the centre of world criticism about what was going on in the name of globalization; the Global Compact was a chance to show the world what it was doing about it, a member of the Advisory Council for the Secretary-General's "Global Compact" initiative said today at a Headquarters press conference.

PRESS BRIEFING BY SPECIAL ENVOY FOR HIV/AIDS IN AFRICA

The HIV/AIDS pandemic could be driven back in Africa over the next year if several countries met targets they set more than 30 years ago for official development assistance (ODA), Stephen Lewis, the Secretary-General's Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa, told correspondents at a Headquarters press briefing today.

BRIEFING BY CHAIRMAN OF SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON SOMALIA

As the Security Council Committee concerning Somalia adopted its report today, members considered it imperative to recall the fact that there was an arms embargo against that country, Noureddine Mejdoub of Tunisia told correspondents today at a Headquarters press briefing.

HEADQUARTERS PRESS BRIEFING BY WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME HEAD

The World Food Programme (WFP) has broken its record for monthly food distribution inside Afghanistan, the Agency's Executive Director, Catherine Bertini, said at a Headquarters press briefing this afternoon.

HEADQUARTERS PRESS BRIEFING BY UNITED STATES PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE

The United States was off to an aggressive start in combating international terrorism, focusing on blocking its assets, tracking down those already in the country and denying entry to others, United States Ambassador to the United Nations John Negroponte told correspondents at a Headquarters press briefing this morning.

HEADQUARTERS PRESS BRIEFING ON AFGHAN RECOVERY

BY UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

As part of the ongoing efforts of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to support the administrative and structural recovery of Afghanistan, the Assistant Administrator and Director of the Programme's Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery announced today the establishment of a recovery fund to support the re-emergence of the country's government institutions.

PRESS CONFERENCE BY CANADA ON INTERVENTION AND STATE SOVEREIGNTY

If a State does nothing to prevent its people from suffering grave loss of life or “ethnic cleansing”, the international community should step in to protect them, according to a report released at Headquarters today by the International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty.

PRESS BRIEFING BY HEAD OF UN OFFICE IN BOUGAINVILLE

Peace was breaking out in the south-west Pacific with yesterday's extension of the mandate of the United Nations Political Office in Bougainville (UNPOB) until 2002, mission head Noel Sinclair said at a Headquarters press briefing this afternoon.

PRESS CONFERENCE BY DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

At a Headquarters press conference this afternoon, the findings of a United Nations Panel investigating the illegal exploitation of natural resources in the Democratic Republic of the Congo was endorsed by a three-person Commission assembled by that country’s Government.