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 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.

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 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.

NGO PRESS CONFERENCE ON STATUS OF COMMISSION

ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT NEGOTIATIONS

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. 

PRESS BRIEFING ON 'SAY YES FOR CHILDREN' CAMPAIGN

The “Say Yes for Children” campaign sought to mobilize support and action at all levels as part of preparations for the United Nations General Assembly Special Session on Children, to be held in New York from 19-21 September, Marjorie Newman-Williams, Director of Communications at the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), said this afternoon at a Headquarters press briefing.

PRESS CONFERENCE BY MARCEL MARCEAU

Following his designation as a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Second World Assembly on Ageing, legendary artist Marcel Marceau told correspondents that ageing should not be seen merely as time or numbers.  Rather, it should be considered a process of learning, through which the contributions of the young, as well as older persons, could enrich the world.

PRESS CONFERENCE ON CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR ACCIDENT

The nuclear accident at Chernobyl was a grave and continuing humanitarian tragedy, and its unpredictable future could only be tackled through the combined efforts of the entire international community, correspondents were told at a Headquarters press conference today.

The press conference was one of several events at Headquarters to mark