The refusal of the international community to recognize the junta in Sierra Leone was a major contributing factor to their being ousted from control last week, James Jonah, Sierra Leone's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, said at a Headquarters press conference Tuesday morning.
A Multi-Country Study on the Development of Indigenous Mine Action Capacities was launched today at a Headquarters press briefing by the Under- Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Bernard Miyet, the Under- Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Sergio Vieira de Mello and Robert Eaton, team leader for the Study.
The international business community was committed to cooperating with the United Nations in order to assist in the development of the least developed countries, Adnan Kassar, Vice-President and President-to-be of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), said at a Headquarters press briefing this afternoon.
More than ever, the issue of gender mainstreaming was being incorporated into the work of the main human rights treaty bodies, the Secretary-General's Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women, Angela King, told correspondents at a Headquarters press briefing this morning.
