At a Headquarters press conference this morning, Prime Minister Percival James Patterson of Jamaica told correspondents that the proposed reforms of the United Nations system should ensure that the Organization continued to focus on those issues which were of concern to the majority of the world's population.
At a Headquarters press briefing this morning, Makha Sarr, Director of the Office of the Special Coordinator for Africa and Least Developed Countries, introduced the 1997 Report on the Least Developed Countries, a publication of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
Fred Eckhard, Spokesman for the Secretary-General, began today's press briefing by telling correspondents that the Secretary-General's appointments schedule included five Presidents or Prime Ministers, and a dozen Ministers, mostly of Foreign Affairs.
At a Headquarters press conference this morning, British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook said he was deeply concerned about a British nurse who had been sentenced to 500 lashes for murder in Saudi Arabia earlier today.
