PRESS CONFERENCE BY NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION COALITION

At a Headquarters press conference this afternoon a coalition of non-governmental organizations issued a statement “to strongly protest both the process and the outcome” of this week’s General Assembly special session.

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 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 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 INTERNATIONAL ROMANI UNION

At a historic meeting with Secretary-General of the United Nations

Kofi Annan, this morning, the International Romani Union had asked for a representation of the Roma Nation, which did not want to become a State, correspondents were told at a Headquarters press conference this afternoon.

PRESS BRIEFING BY UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS

HEADQUARTERS PRESS CONFERENCE BY MAYOR OF BARCELONA

Cities worldwide were demanding greater political autonomy and financial capacity to reverse the rapid growth of urban poverty, Joan Clos, the Mayor of Barcelona, told correspondents today at a Headquarters press conference, on the eve of the General Assembly's Special Session on human settlements development.

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.