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Press Conference


20 November 2000



Press Briefing


PRESS BRIEFING BY PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF NAMIBIA ON SECURITY COUNCIL VISIT TO EAST TIMOR

20001120

During a just-completed visit to East Timor, members of the Security Council had been very encouraged by the progress the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) had made in implementing its mandate, correspondents were told at a Headquarters press briefing this afternoon.

17 November 2000



Press Briefing


PRESS CONFERENCE BY CHAIRMAN, WORLD COMMISSION ON DAMS

20001117

Large dams were never simply good or bad, but they often came at too high a price in negative effects on people and the environment, Kadel Asmal, Chairman of the World Commission on Dams (WCD), told correspondents at a Headquarters Press Conference this morning.

16 November 2000



Press Briefing


PRESS CONFERENCE LAUNCHING WEB SITE ON YEAR OF DIALOGUE AMONG CIVILIZATIONS

20001116

The dialogue among civilizations should start with children, because adults were too old and biased to tackle such an important issue, Giandomenico Picco, the Personal Representative of the Secretary-General for the United Nations Year of Dialogue among Civilizations (2001) said today, at a Headquarters press conference launching a Web site for the Year.

15 November 2000



Press Briefing


PRESS BRIEFING BY DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS DIVISION OF DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INFORMATION

20001115

The United Nations World Television Forum 2000 was not a panacea for the “digital divide” but was a useful step in exploring ways of bridging that divide, the Director of the Public Affairs Division of the Department of Public Information (DPI) told correspondents this afternoon at a Headquarters press briefing.

13 November 2000



Press Briefing


PRESS BRIEFING ANNOUNCING SECRETARY-GENERAL'S SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE ON INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY

20001113

Jose Maria Figueres, former President of Costa Rica, will be the Secretary- General's Special Representative on Information and Communication Technology (ICT), the Under Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, Nitin Desai, announced this afternoon at a Headquarters press briefing.

9 November 2000



Press Briefing


PRESS BRIEFING BY UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR INTERNAL OVERSIGHT SERVICES

20001109

In a "more or less coming of age", the United Nations Office of Internal Oversight Services had been accepted as an "agent of change", the Under- Secretary-General for International Oversight Services, Dileep Nair, told correspondents this afternoon at a Headquarters press conference.