Press Conference

Press Briefing

PRESS BRIEFING BY CONFEDERATION OF TRADE UNIONS

ON PARTICIPATION IN ‘GLOBAL COMPACT’

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PRESS CONFERENCE BY FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA

"Whoever pretends and claims that the situation in Kosovo and Metohija is improving is painting a rosy picture and is trying to colour the real situation", Vladislav Jovanovic, Chargé d'Affaires of the Permanent Mission of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia told correspondents at a Headquarters press conference today

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PRESS BRIEFING BY CHAIRMAN OF SECURITY COUNCIL ANGOLA COMMITTEE

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PRESS CONFERENCE BY PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF BURUNDI

The regional context must be favourable for the peace process in Burundi to be successful -- and the current situation was not conducive, Marc Nteturuye, Burundi’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations told correspondents this morning at a Headquarters press conference.

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PRESS CONFERENCE ON INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS

There were an estimated 20 to 25 million internally displaced persons worldwide, correspondents were told this afternoon at a Headquarters press conference. That number included anywhere from 10 to 20 million internally displaced persons in Africa, depending upon the criteria used.

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PRESS BRIEFING BY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF UNAIDS, ADMINISTRATOR OF UNDP AND PRESIDENT OF WORLD BANK

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PRESS BRIEFING BY UNAIDS DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMME DEVELOPMENT

Despite significant increases in the level of commitments from countries across the board, the fight against AIDS still fell two to three billion dollars short of what was needed, Jim Sherry, the Director of Programme Development for the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) told correspondents this afternoon at a Headquarters press briefing.

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PRESS BRIEFING BY UNDER SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR MANAGEMENT

A contingency provision of $35 million had been included in the United Nations budget to cater for new political missions, Joseph Connor, Under-Secretary-General for Management, told correspondents at Headquarters this afternoon. It was the first time such a provision had been made.

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PRESS BRIEFING BY UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR MANAGEMENT

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BRIEFING BY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN'S FUND