The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) countries, as well as Russia and China, with their overwhelming military superiority, should initiate action to implement the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), Matt Robson, New Zealand's Minister for Disarmament and Arms Control, said at a Headquarters press conference this morning.
The Secretary-General's Panel on Information Technology had been working to transform the digital divide into a digital dividend by giving connectivity to the 80 per cent of the world's population that still lacked it, the group's Chairman said at a Headquarters press conference this afternoon.
Mongolia was facing its worst natural disaster ever, the Minister for Foreign Relations of Mongolia, Nyam-Osoryn Tuya, told correspondents at a Headquarters press conference this morning. Also present at the press conference was the Permanent Representative of Mongolia to the United Nations, Jargalsaikhany Enkhsaikhan.
Carolyn McAskie, Emergency Relief Coordinator, a.i., briefed correspondents at Headquarters today on the protection of civilians in armed conflict.
There were very encouraging signs of a strong recovery of world trade and a fairly strong continued growth pattern for most areas in the world, Professor Peter Pauly of the University of Toronto told a press briefing at United Nations Headquarters this morning.
Health was an integral part of social and economic development and should be brought to the forefront in terms of distribution of resources and advocacy, Dr. Ebrahim Samba, the World Health Organizations (WHO) Regional Director for Africa, told correspondents this afternoon in a Headquarters briefing.
