At a Headquarters press conference this afternoon, the President of Tajikistan, Emomali Rahmonov, told correspondents that the situation in neighbouring Afghanistan could destabilize the Central Asian region.
At a Headquarters press conference Friday afternoon, Prime Minister Fatos Nano of Albania said his country has taken positive steps towards, not only recovering, but also building prosperity after a difficult period. He said he had presented to the General Assembly a general outline for making Albania attractive to European citizens as well as its own people.
Any resolution on Myanmar adopted by the General Assembly's current session should request Secretary-General Kofi Annan to invite countries that were friendly to that Member State to establish a formal consultative body that would recommend steps that would help the international community ensure the implementation of all previous Assembly resolutions on that country.
Fred Eckhard, Spokesman for the Secretary-General, told correspondents at the start of today's press briefing that the Security Council ministerial meeting was wrapping up at about that same time. The Secretary-General had spoken second in the debate.
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.
