The Secretary-General's Special Envoy for the Balkans Carl Bildt told correspondents at a Headquarters press briefing today there were no "quick fixes" when it came to restoring peace after a prolonged conflict.
The Security Council should have condemned the fighting between two aggressor countries on the territory of the Democratic Republic of the Congo rather than merely issuing a statement to the press, Andre Kapanga, that country's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, said at a Headquarters press conference this afternoon.
The total number of voter's registered in East Timor had largely exceeded expectations, Carina Perelli, Director of the Electoral Assistance Division in the United Nations Department of Political Affairs, said at a Headquarters press briefing this afternoon.
The main function of the Preparatory Commission for the International Criminal Court was to create the conditions that would allow the Court to function effectively as soon as its Statute entered into force, the Chairman of the Commission, Philippe Kirsch (Canada), told correspondents at a Headquarters press briefing today.
