PRESS BRIEFING BY UNICEF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

"We the Children", the Secretary-General's end-of-decade review following up on the 1990 World Summit for Children, was, without a doubt, the most comprehensive study of what was happening to the world's children today, Carol Bellamy, Executive Director of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), told correspondents this afternoon at a Headquarters press briefing.

HEADQUARTERS PRESS CONFERENCE BY URBAN-PLANNING PANEL

At a Headquarters press conference this afternoon, a diverse panel of senior urban planners emphasized the undeniable benefits of forging housing and urban development partnerships with international financial institutions and other intergovernmental organizations.  At the same time, they underscored their belief that some of the strongest and perhaps even more satisfying partnerships were forged locally, at the community level.

PRESS CONFERENCE BY SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON ADEQUATE HOUSING

Most States had failed to implement the Habitat Agenda and were now backing away and giving up on the responsibilities that they had collectively assumed in Istanbul (Habitat 11, 1996), Miloon Kathari, United Nations Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing, told correspondents at a Headquarters press conference this afternoon.

PRESS BRIEFING ON GLOBAL PEACE GAMES 2001

A Global Peace Games 2001 for Children and Youth was formally launched at a Headquarters press briefing this afternoon, with the organizers appealing for wider worldwide observance.

The event, to celebrate the International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence (2001-2010), would be marked on 11 September and would feature

PRESS BRIEFING BY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF HABITAT

As 1.2 billion people were without adequate shelter, the objective of the Habitat Agenda remained elusive, Anna Tibaijuka, Executive Director of the United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat), told correspondents at a Headquarters press briefing today.

HEADQUARTERS PRESS CONFERENCE BY PFIZER

PRESS CONFERENCE BY HASSAN FATHY INSTITUTE

Among the objectives of the Hassan Fathy Institute, a division of the International Construction Institute (ICI), was to mobilize trade union support around the world for the principles of the Second United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II), held in Istanbul in 1996, ICI President

John T. Joyce said this afternoon at a Headquarters press conference.

HEADQUARTERS PRESS CONFERENCE: WATER FOR AFRICA'S CITIES

PRESS CONFERENCE ON LAUNCH OF MILLENNIUM ECOSYSTEM ASSESSMENT

A press conference was held at Headquarters today on the occasion of the launch of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, which was hosted by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).  Secretary-General Kofi Annan opened the event with a brief introductory statement.

PRESS BRIEFING BY SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON ADEQUATE HOUSING

The draft declaration to be adopted by the General Assembly special session this week was a regression from the achievements made at the 1996 Habitat II in Istanbul, Miloon Kothari, Special Rapporteur on adequate housing, said at a Headquarters press briefing this afternoon.