Asylbek A. Aidaraliev (Kyrgyzstan) told a Headquarters press conference yesterday that promoting the sustainable development of mountains was chief among the reasons his Government had proposed the international community dedicate a year to mountains.
Every day was a fight to ensure that the implementation of the Dayton Peace Accords was not forgotten, said the Special Representative and Coordinator of United Nations Operations in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Elisabeth Rehn, at a Headquarters press briefing today.
George Kell, an economist in the Executive Office of the Secretary- General, told correspondents at a Headquarters press briefing today to launch the 1998 World Investment Report, that once again, foreign direct investment (FDI) had hit new record levels in all major country groupings.
The main issue in Cambodia was the continuous problem of impunity, Thomas Hammarberg, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Human Rights in Cambodia, told correspondents at a Headquarters press briefing today.
The deliberate targeting of civilians, most of them women and children, was on the rise, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Children and Armed Conflict, Olara Otunnu, said at a Headquarters press briefing today. The recruitment and use of children in combat was also on the rise, he added.
At a Headquarters press briefing this afternoon, Joseph Connor, Under- Secretary-General for Management, told correspondents that the United States had today paid $197 million to the United Nations in assessment payments.
The permanent representatives of several Central American countries appealed today for the international community to help their governments deal with the terrible damage caused by hurricane Mitch.
The Under Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, Nitin Desai, updated correspondents on the outcome of last week's meeting of the Administrative Committee on Coordination (ACC), at a Headquarters briefing today.
