Violence against women was a universal problem that was often overlooked, the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, Radhika Coomaraswamy, told correspondents at a press briefing this afternoon.
Representatives of five international organizations addressed correspondents on women's human rights this morning, at a press briefing sponsored by the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM). Roxanna Carrillo, Adviser to UNIFEM, facilitated questions and answers.
The human rights of women were not truly respected anywhere in the world, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Women of the United Kingdom, Joan Ruddock, told correspondents at a Headquarters press conference this afternoon.
The ruling of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) favouring its jurisdiction over the Lockerbie case clearly favoured Libya's position, the Permanent Representative of Libya to the United Nations, Abuzed Dorda, told correspondents at a Headquarters press conference this afternoon.
At a Headquarters press briefing this afternoon, United Nations Member States were urged to begin their preparations for the fifth-year review of the 1994 Cairo International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), scheduled for a special session of the General Assembly in 1999.
The Security Council should investigate evidence of Srebrenica prisoners being held in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Muhamed Sacirbey, Permanent Representative of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the United Nations, told a Headquarters press conference this morning.
Richard Butler, Executive Chairman of the United Nations Special Commission which was established by Security Council resolution 687 (1991) in connection with the elimination of Iraq's weapons of mass destruction (UNSCOM), addressed correspondents and responded to questions during today's press briefing at Headquarters.
Staffan de Mistura, Head of the Technical Team set up to identify Iraqi presidential sites prior to the Secretary-General's mission, briefed correspondents at Headquarters today on his mission to Baghdad from 15 to 18 February.
