PRESS CONFERENCE ON THIRD UN CONFERENCE ON LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES

Despite nearly 20 years of well-intentioned global conferences and meetings devoted to the development needs of poor countries, the poorest of the poor -– the least developed countries –- continued to be marginalized, correspondents were told at a Headquarters press conference this morning.

PRESS CONFERENCE BY DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

"At this very moment it can be said that the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is calm on all fronts", Leonard She Okitundu, Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, told correspondents at a press conference this afternoon.

PRESS BRIEFING BY DEPUTY EMERGENCY RELIEF COORDINATOR

There were some signs of improvement in Sierra Leone, but the humanitarian situation in neighbouring Guinea and Liberia was deteriorating, the Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator, Carolyn McAskie, told correspondents at a Headquarters press briefing today.

PRESS CONFERENCE BY BRAZIL ON HIV/AIDS

The Special Session of the General Assembly on HIV/AIDS in June would be the primary opportunity to establish a global agreement on HIV/AIDS, particularly in developing countries, Dr. Paulo Roberto Teixeira, Director-General of the Brazilian programme for HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases told correspondents this morning at a Headquarters press conference.

NGO PRESS CONFERENCE ON WORLD SUMMIT FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

While the range of issues for the 2002 World Summit for Sustainable Development was being finalized by the Commission on Sustainable Development,

non-governmental organizations (NGOs) hoped to discuss the links between economic liberalization, the environment, labour and human rights, Michael Strauss told correspondents at a Headquarters press conference this morning.

PRESS CONFERENCE BY ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL

The fourth high-level meeting of the Economic and Social Council with the Bretton Woods institutions (the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank) had been particularly significant for a number of reasons, the ECOSOC’s President, Martin Belinga-Eboutou told correspondents this afternoon at Headquarters during a press conference by participants in that meeting.

PRESS BRIEFING ON 2002 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUMMIT

The preparatory process for the World Summit on Sustainable Development, which began today, should enable the Summit itself to generate a sense of hope, correspondents were told at a Headquarters press briefing this afternoon.

PRESS CONFERENCE BY FOREIGN MINISTER OF ISRAEL

The dialogue between Israel and Secretary-General Kofi Annan had been both candid and responsible, and would continue, Israel's Foreign Minister, Shimon Peres, told correspondents at a Headquarters press conference this evening.

PRESS CONFERENCE BY FAO

      In a world with so many resources, there were 790 million people in developing countries, and 34 million in developed countries, who still did not have adequate access to food, Jacques Diouf, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), told correspondents this afternoon. 

NGO PRESS CONFERENCE ON STATUS OF COMMISSION

ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS