PRESS CONFERENCE TO LAUNCH UNDP 2001 HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT

Advanced technology -- in the biological, information and communications fields -- had a tremendous potential to make a difference in the lives of poor people, Eimi Watanabe, Director of the Bureau for Development Policy of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), told correspondents at a Headquarters press conference this afternoon to launch the 2001 Human Development Report (HDR).

PRESS CONFERENCE ON SMALL ARMS BY HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH

PRESS CONFERENCE ON SMALL ARMS BY US CONGRESSMAN

The involvement of the United Nations in the domestic firearms policies of other nations, including the United States, would not be viewed with favour by the United States Congress, Congressman Bob Barr of Georgia said at a Headquarters press conference this afternoon.

UNITED STATES BRIEFING ON SMALL ARMS CONFERENCE

PRESS BRIEFING BY UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS

The following is a statement by Jean-Marie Guéhenno, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, at a Headquarters press briefing this afternoon on the Israeli request for information regarding the 7 October 2000 abduction of three Israeli soldiers in south Lebanon:

PRESS BRIEFING ON SMALL ARMS CONFERENCE

HEADQUARTERS PRESS CONFERENCE BY AFRICAN AMBASSADORS TASK FORCE

Secretary-General Kofi Annan's unanimous reappointment by the Security Council, six months before his first term expired, was an unprecedented honour, Ambassador Roble Olhaye of Djibouti, Chair of the African Ambassadors Task Force, told correspondents at a Headquarters press conference this morning. 

PRESS CONFERENCE BY FOREIGN MINISTRY UNDER-SECRETARY OF IRAQ

Iraq was being given a proposal that looked sweet, but its substance was poisonous, Under-Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iraq, Riyadh Al-Qaysi, told correspondents at a Headquarters press conference this afternoon, as he responded to questions about the proposed changes to the sanctions regime against his country.

PRESS CONFERENCE BY PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF SWEDEN

PRESS CONFERENCE ON 2001 WORLD DISASTERS REPORT

This year's World Disasters Report demonstrates that disasters are shaping development instead of being a blip on the development curve, Peter Walker, the report's founding editor, told correspondents this morning at a Headquarters press conference by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC).