The Sierra Leone peace process is at a very critical juncture, with the parties slow to implement its various parts, Carolyn McAskie, Deputy Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator, said at a Headquarters press conference this afternoon. However, it was now starting to move forward.
"The ends of justice are not served by penalizing once again the people of Rwanda for the shortcomings of a United Nations prosecutor", Joseph W. Mutaboba, Permanent Representative of Rwanda to the United Nations, told correspondents at a Headquarters press conference this morning.
The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today's noon briefing by Fred Eckhard, Spokesman for the Secretary-General, and Shirley Brownell, Spokeswoman for the President of the General Assembly.
Briefing by Spokesman for Secretary-General
Good afternoon.
The greatest obstacles to implementing the Convention on the Rights of the Child are States' lack of resources, peace and security issues, and the HIV/AIDS pandemic, according to the Deputy Director of Programmes for the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).
At a Headquarters' press briefing this afternoon, Bill Paton, United Nations Resident Humanitarian Coordinator for the Republic of the Congo, spoke of the grave humanitarian crisis the country faced and efforts of United Nations agencies and non-governmental organizations to help the affected people.
The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today's noon briefing by Fred Eckhard, Spokesman for the Secretary-General, and Shirley Brownell, Spokeswoman for the President of the General Assembly.
Briefing by Spokesman for Secretary-General
The new Chief Prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda told correspondents this afternoon that her task was daunting and required the continued support of the Security Council and the international community.
The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today's noon briefing by Fred Eckhard, Spokesman for the Secretary-General, and Shirley Brownell, Spokeswoman for the President of the General Assembly.
Briefing by Spokesman for Secretary-General
The President of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda told correspondents this afternoon that without Rwandas cooperation, the Tribunal could not continue to try cases.
