2003 Archived Webcasts of Press Conferences
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| 18 December 2003 |
Press Conference: H.E. Mr. KofiAnnan, Secretary-General of the United Nations
[Webcast: ArchivedVideo - 33 minutes] |
| 12 December 2003 |
Press Conference: Amb. HeraldoMunoz of Chile, and members of the Sanctions Committee for AlQaeda and Taliban will brief on last week's visit to Saudi Arabia,Europe and Pakistan.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 37 minutes] |
| 11 December 2003 |
Press Conference: H.E. Mr. Mohamed Bennouna, Permanent Representative of Morocco , and H.E. Mr. Mohammed Loulichki, Deputy Permanent Representative of Morocco , will brief on the Group of 77 's South-South Cooperation Meeting to take place in Marrakesh , 15-19 December.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 20 minutes] |
| 10 December 2003 |
Press Conference: Mr. Kieran Prendergast,Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, will brief onthe Secretary-General's report to the Security Council on Iraq.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 36 minutes] |
| 08 December 2003 |
Press Conference: Mr. Jose Antonio Ocampo, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Council, will launch the final part of the World Economic and Social Survey 2003
[Webcast: Archived Video - 36 minutes] |
| 04 December 2003 |
Press Conference: Mr. Hans Corell, Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs and UN Legal Counsel, will brief on the signing conference for the Convention against Corruption taking place in Mexico from the 9th to the 11th of December.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 17 minutes] |
| 02 December 2003 |
Press Conference: H.E. Mr. StefanTafrov (Bulgaria), President of the Security Council for December,will brief on the Security Council work programme for the month.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 14 minutes] |
| 02 December 2003 |
Press Conference: H.E. Mr. JulianRobert Hunte (Saint Lucia), President of the fifty-eighth sessionof the General Assembly, will announce the recipients of theUnited Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 16 minutes] |
| 01 December 2003 |
Press Conference: The NigerianMission to the UN is sponsoring a press conference to draw attentionto the "Battle of Hope", a World AIDS Day boxing and musicalevent to take place in Abuja, Nigeria on 10 January 2004.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 25 minutes] |
| 01 December 2003 |
Press Conference: Amb. Heraldo Munoz of Chile, Chairman of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999) concerning Al-Qaida and the Taliban, will brief on the report prepared by the monitoring group on Al-Qaida and Taliban sanctions.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 25 minutes] |
| 24 November 2003 |
Press Conference: Amb. Martin Dahindenof Switzerland and Mr. Jean-Marie Guehenno, Under-Secretary-Generalfor Peacekeeping Ms. Noeleen Heyzer, Executive Director of theUN Development Fund for Women; Ms. Yolanda B. Jimenez, Commissionerof the Office to Combat Domestic Violence, New York; Ms. JivkaMarinova, Bulgarian Gender Research Foundation; and Ms. NathaliaP. Kimaro, Judge in the High Court of Tanzania, will brief onthe issue of violence against women on the occasion of InternationalDay for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, and launcha new report, "Not a Minute More" Operations, will brief on theactivities of the Geneva International Centre for HumanitarianDemining
[Webcast: Archived Video - 22 minutes] |
| 21 November 2003 |
Press Conference: Ms. Denise Nappier, Treasurer of the State of Connecticut; Mr. Phil Angelides, Treasurer of the State of California; Mr. Alan Hevesi, Comptroller of the State of New York; and Ms. Mindy Lubbers, Executive Director of the Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economies, will brief on the meeting of major investors and senior Wall Street fund representatives at the UN to examine the risks of climate change to their portfolios and to determine further action
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 47 minutes] |
| 13 November 2003 |
Press Conference: Amb. MartinDahinden of Switzerland and Mr. Jean-Marie Guehenno, Under-Secretary-Generalfor Peacekeeping Operations, will brief on the activities ofthe Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining
[Webcast: ArchivedVideo - 16 minutes] |
| 12 November 2003 |
Press Conference: Mr. Paulo Sergio Pinheiro, Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights on the Situation of Human Rights in Myanmar
[Webcast: ArchivedVideo - 33 minutes] |
| 12 November 2003 |
Press Conference: Mr. Jean Ziegler, Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights on the Right to Food
[Webcast: Archived Video - 50 minutes] |
| 11 November 2003 |
Press Conference: Dr. Jacob Kumaresan, President of the International Trachoma Initiative (ITI); Dr. Hank McKinnell, Chief Executive Officer, Pfizer, Inc.; Dr. Fouad Hammadi, General Secretary of the Ministry of Health of Morocco ; Dr. Fabrizio Bassani, Director-General of the World Health Organization; and Mr. Gourisankar Ghosh, Executive Director, Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council, will brief on the International Trachoma Initiative.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 42 minutes] |
| 06 November 2003 |
Press Conference: Mr. R.E. Turner,Chairman of the United Nations Foundation (UNF), and Mr. TimothyE. Wirth, President of UNF, will brief on the Foundation's Boardof Directors meeting and introduce new UNF initiatives.
[Webcast: ArchivedVideo - 28 minutes] |
| 05 November 2003 |
Press Conference: Ambassador IsmaelAbraao Gaspar Martins of Angola, President of the Security Councilfor November, will brief on the council's work programme forthe month.
[Webcast: ArchivedVideo - 36 minutes] |
| 04 November 2003 |
Press Conference: Mr. Nitin Desai,Secretary-General's Special Adviser for the World Summit on theInformation Society, and Amb. Daniel Stauffacher, Delegate ofthe Swiss Federal Council for the Summit , will brief on theWorld Summit on the Information Society which will take placein Geneva , 10-12 December 2003.
[Webcast: ArchivedVideo - 38 minutes] |
| 03 November 2003 |
Press Conference: H.E. Mr. YoweriKaguta Museveni, President of the Republic of Uganda.
[Webcast: ArchivedVideo - 15 minutes] |
| OCTOBER |
| 31 October 2003 |
Press Conference: Mr. AntonioMaria Costa, Executive Director of the UN Office on Drugs andCrime, to brief journalists on the Convention Against Corruption
[Webcast: ArchivedVideo - 22 minutes] |
| 31 October 2003 |
Press Conference: H.E. Mr. HeraldoMuñoz (Chile), Chairman of the Sanctions Committee AgainstAl Qaida and the Taliban, to brief journalists on the Committee'sreport.
[Webcast: ArchivedVideo - 40 minutes] |
| 30 October 2003 |
Press Conference: Ms. Noeleen Heyzer, Executive Director of the UN Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM); Ms. Jessica Lange, actress and narrator of "Women on the Frontlines"; Ms. Patricia Smith Melton, Executive Director of PeacexPeace; and Ms. Fatima Gailani, Member of the Drafting Committee of the Constitutional Commission, Afghanistan, will launch UNIFEM's web portal on women, peace and security, and brief on the documentary on women and peace-building, "Women on the Frontlines"
[Webcast: Archived Video - 30 minutes] |
| 30 October 2003 |
Press Conference: H.E. Mr. JulianHunte, President of the General Assembly, will present his assessmentof the High-level Dialogue on Financing for Development.
[Webcast: ArchivedVideo - 11 minutes] |
| 30 October 2003 |
Press Conference: H.E. Mr. GunterPleuger (Germany), will brief on the Security Council's missionto Afghanistan.
[Webcast: ArchivedVideo - 32 minutes] |
| 29 October 2003 |
Press Conference: Mr. Jose AntonioOcampo, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs,will brief on the two-day ministerial dialogue in the GeneralAssembly on financing for development.
[Webcast: ArchivedVideo - 35 minutes] |
| 27 October 2003 |
Press Conference: Sergio Paez, President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 9 minutes] |
| 23 October 2003 |
Press Conference: H.E. Mr. JenoC.A. Staehelin (Switzerland); Mr. Metin Arditi, Director of theOrchestre de la Suisse Romande; Maestro Pinchas Steinberg, Conductorof the Orchestre; and Mr. Shashi Tharoor, Under-Secretary-Generalfor Communications and Public Information.
[Webcast: ArchivedVideo - 12 minutes] |
| 23 October 2003 |
Press Conference: Mr. EnriqueLoedel (Uruguay), Chairman of the Fourth Committee (Special Politicaland Decolonization), will discuss the Committee's work programme.
[Webcast: ArchivedVideo - 20 minutes] |
| 22 October 2003 |
Press Conference: H.E. Mr. MarttiAhtisaari, former President of Finland, Chair of the IndependentPanel on the Safety and Security of UN Personnel in Iraq, tobrief journalists on the Panel's report.
[Webcast: ArchivedVideo - 54 minutes] |
| 14 October 2003 |
Press Conference: The Food andAgriculture Organization of the United Nations will hold a pressconference from 1 to 2 p.m. in Conference Room 4, to presentits 2003 Goodwill Ambassadors, the Mexican Band “Mana? The Directorof the FAO Liaison Office
to the United Nations and members of the Band will shed light on their
new role in the war against hunger.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 21 minutes] |
| 14 October 2003 |
Press Conference: H.E. Mr. IftekharAhmed Chowdhury (Bangladesh), Chairman of the Second Committee(Economic and Financial), will brief on the Committee's workprogramme.
[Webcast: ArchivedVideo - 20 minutes] |
| 14 October 2003 |
Press Conference: Ms. Julia Taft,Assistant Administrator, UN Development Programme (UNDP), andDirector of the UNDP Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery,and Mr. Nicholas Krafft, World Bank Country Programme Coordinatorfor Iraq, will brief on the UN/World Bank Joint Iraq Needs Assessment.
[Webcast: ArchivedVideo - 40minutes] |
| 14 October 2003 |
Press Conference: H.E. Mr. IftekharAhmed Chowdhury (Bangladesh), Chairman of the Second Committee(Economic and Financial), will brief on the Committee's workprogramme.
[Webcast: ArchivedVideo - 20minutes] |
| 13 October 2003 |
Press Conference: Mr. Gerald Gahima,Prosecutor General of Rwanda, to discuss the International CriminalTribunal for Rwanda
[Webcast: ArchivedVideo - 21minutes] |
| 09 October 2003 |
Press Conference: H.E. Mr. Jarmo Sareva (Finland), Chairman of the First Committee (Disarmament and International Security), will brief on the Committee's work.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 27 minutes] |
| 08 October 2003 |
Press Conference: Launching of "The State of World Population 2003". By: Ms. Ann Erb Leoncavallo, Information Officer, UN Population Fund; Dr. Laura Laski, Technical Officer, UN Population Fund; and Ms. Ellen Themmen, Vice-President for Programmes, Family Care International.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 32 minutes] |
| 07 October 2003 |
Press Conference: H.E. Mr. John Negroponte (USA), President of the Security Council for the month of October, to brief journalists on the work programme for the month.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 31 minutes] |
| 07 October 2003 |
Press Conference: H.E. Mr. Julian R. Hunte (Saint Lucia), President of the 58th session of the UN General Assembly.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 42 minutes] |
| 02 October 2003 |
Press conference: Mr. Jan Kregel, Senior Interregional Advisor, UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), will launch the "Trade and Development Report 2003"
[Webcast: Archived Video - 32 minutes] |
| 02 October 2003 |
Press conference: Mr. Jan Kregel, Senior Interregional Advisor, UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), will launch the "Trade and Development Report 2003"
[Webcast: Archived Video - 32 minutes] |
| 29 September 2003 |
Press conference: Rio Group Troika: H.E. Mr. Allan Wagner Tizon, Foreign Minister of Peru; H.E. Mr. Roberto Tovar Faja, Foreign Minister of Costa Rica; and H.E. Mr. Celso Luiz Nunes Amorim, Foreign Minister of Brazil
[Webcast: Archived Video - 32 minutes] |
| 26 September 2003 |
Press Conference: Middle East Quartet: H.E. Mr. Kofi Annan, United Nations Secretary-General; H.E. Mr. Igor Ivanov, Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation; H.E. Mr. Colin Powell, United States Secretary of State; European Union delegation: H.E. Mr. Franco Frattini, Foreign Minister of Italy, representing the Presidency of the European Union; H.E. Mr. Chris Patten, External Relations Commissioner of the European Commission; and H.E. Mr. Javier Solana, European Union High Representative for a
Common Foreign and Security Policy.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 22 minutes] |
| 25 September 2003 |
Press Conference: H.E. Mr. Donald C. McKinnon, Commonwealth Secretary-General; H.E. Mr. Oluyemi Adeniji, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Nigeria; and H.E. Mr. Alexander Downer of Australia.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 18 minutes] |
| 25 September 2003 |
Press Conference: H.E. Dr. Mahathir bin Mohamad, Prime Minister of Malaysia.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 26 minutes] |
| 25 September 2003 |
Press Conference: H.E. Mr. Tassos Papadopoulos, President of the Republic of Cyprus.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 21 minutes] |
| 24 September 2003 |
Press Conference: H.E. Gen. Pervez Musharraf, President of Pakistan.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 36 minutes] |
23 September 2003
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Press Conference: H.E. Mr. Jean Chretien, Prime Minister of Canada.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 18 minutes] |
23 September 2003
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Press Conference: H.E. Mr. Jacques Chirac, President of France.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 28 minutes] |
22 September 2003
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Press Conference: H.E. Mr. Olusegun Obasanjo, President of Nigeria.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 29minutes] |
22 September 2003
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Press Conference: H.E. Mr. Jaap G. de Hoop Scheffer, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, and new Secretary-General of NATO (as of 1 January 2003).
[Webcast: Archived Video - 14minutes] |
22 September 2003
|
Press Conference: Dr. Richard Feachem, Executive Director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria (Fund); Mr. Tommy Thompson, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Fund, and United States Secretary of Health; and Mr. Rajat Gupta, Board Member of the Fund, and Managing Director, McKinsey and Company, will discuss the Fund's efforts to support HIV prevention, treatment and care programmes in developing countries, and key challenges facing the Fund in supporting the expansion of AIDS responses on the ground.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 39minutes] |
22 September 2003
|
Press Conference: Dr. Peter Piot, Executive Director of UNAIDS, will present new UN reports highlighting global progress to date in implementing the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 31minutes] |
18 September 2003
|
Press Conference: Mr. Gilberto Gil, Minister of Culture of Brazil and singer/composer.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 32 minutes] |
18 September 2003
|
Press Conference: Mr. Shashi Tharoor, Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information; Mr. Dzidek Kedzia, Chief of Research and Right to Development, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (via video conference from Geneva); Mr. William Yotive, Project Manager, UN Global Teaching and Learning Project; Ms. Brigitte Parry, European Schoolnet Networks Manager (via video conference from Geneva); and students from Switzerland, Tanzania and Uganda (via video conference), will launch the "World Summit Event for Schools".
[Webcast: Archived Video - 46 minutes] |
15 September 2003
|
Press Conference: Mr. Shashi Tharoor, Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information will show public service announcements featuring UN Messengers of Peace Luciano Pavarotti and Muhammad Ali.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 16 minutes] |
10 September 2003
|
Press Conference: Mrs. Sadako Ogata, Chair of the Advisory Board on Human Security, and Mr. Roland Wiederkehr, Member of the Swiss Parliament and Founder of the Green Cross, will discuss the 56th annual DPI/NGO conference on "Human Security and Dignity: Fulfilling the Promise of the United Nations."
[Webcast: Archived Video - 27 minutes] |
9 September 2003
|
Press Conference: Issues and challenges before the International Criminal Court:
Mr. William Pace, Convenor of the NGO Coalition for the International Criminal Court; Mr. Richard Dicker, International Justice Programme Director, Human Rights Watch; and Ms. Jeanne Sulzer, Programme Officer, Federation Internationale des Droits de L'Homme, will discuss issues
before the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 41 minutes] |
9 September 2003
|
Press Conference: Mr. Danny Glover, Actor and UN Development Programme (UNDP) Goodwill Ambassador, and Mr. Kingsley Moghalu, Director of Resource Mobilization and Global Partnerships, The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, will brief on the 56th Annual DPI/NGO Conference, "Human Security and Dignity: Fulfilling the Promise of the United Nations".
[Webcast: Archived Video - 16 minutes] |
9 September 2003
|
Press Conference: Discussion on the International Ethical Political and Scientific Collegium's memorandum to the Secretary-General:
Mr. Michel Rocard, former Prime Minister of France, Chairman of the Commission for Cultural Affairs at the European Parliament; Mr. Fernando Henrique Cardoso, former President of Brazil; Mr. William vanden Heuvel, United States Ambassador, Co-chairperson, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute; and Mr. Stephane Hessel, Ambassador of France.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 47 minutes] |
8 September 2003
|
Press Conference: H.E. Mr. Kofi Annan, Secretary-General of the United Nations, will discuss his Report on the Implementation of the Millennium Declaration 2003.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 47 minutes] |
8 September 2003
|
Press Conference: Mr. Fernando Henrique Cardoso, Chair of the High-level Panel of Eminent Persons on United Nations-Civil Society Relations, and Ms. Mary Racelis, Member of the Panel, will brief on the work of the Panel and the 56th Annual DPI/NGO Conference, "Human Security and Dignity: Fulfilling the Promise of the United Nations".
[Webcast: Archived Video - 33 minutes] |
5 September 2003
|
Press Conference: Mr. Amir Dossal, Executive Director of the UN Fund for International Partnerships, Amb. June Clarke of Barbados, and others will
brief the press on the launching of "The Digital Diaspora
Network for Latin America and the Caribbean".
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 32 minutes] |
4
September 2003
|
Press
Conference: Mr. Georg Kell, Principal Officer
in the Executive Office of the Secretary-General, will
launch the "World Investment Report".
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 28 minutes] |
3
September 2003
|
Press
Conference: H.E.
Sir Emyr Jones Parry (United Kingdom), President of the
Security Council for September, will discuss the Council's
work programme for the month.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 29 minutes] |
19
August 2003
|
Press
Conference on the bomb-blast at UNHQ in Iraq
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 14 minutes] |
| |
Background:
Press Conference (27/05/03): UN
Secretary-General's appointment of Mr. Sergio Vieira de Mello
as the Special Representative for Iraq.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 38 minutes] |
| 19
August 2003 |
Statement: UN
Security Council on the Bomb Blast at United Nations Headquarters
in Iraq.
[Webcast: English & Arabic] |
08
August 2003
|
Press
Conference: Amb. Gert Rosenthal (Guatemala), President
of the Economic and Social Council; Mr. Guy Lopez, Coordinator
of the Sacred Place Protection Program, Association of American
Indian Affairs; Mr. Craig Mokhiber, Deputy to the Director
of the New York Office of the High Commissioner for Human
Rights; and Ms. Elsa Stamatopoulou, Acting Chief of the Secretariat
for the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, will discuss
developments relating to indigenous issues.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - Available
later] |
08
August 2003
|
Press
Conference: Mr.
Gerald Gahima, Prosecutor to the Supreme Court of the Republic
of Rwanda, will discuss the International Criminal Tribunal
for Rwanda.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - Available
later] |
04
August 2003
|
Press
Conference: H.E. Mr. Mikhail Wehbe, Permanent Representative
of Syria to the United Nations, President of the Security
Council for the month of August, will discuss the Council's
work programme for the month.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 30
minutes ] |
30
July 2003
|
Press
Conference: H.E. Mr. Kofi Annan, Secretary-General
of the United Nations.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 48
minutes ] |
30
July 2003
|
Press
Conference: H.E. Mr. Revaz Adamia, Permanent Representative
of Georgia to the United Nations, will discuss the situation
in the country.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - Available
later] |
30
July 2003
|
Press
Conference: Mr. Carl Gray, Economic Affairs Officer,
Department for Economic and Social Affairs, will launch the "Economic
Report on Africa 2003".
[Webcast: Archived
Video - Available
later] |
28
July 2003
|
Press Conference: Discussion
on Progress of their respective Committees; H.E. Mr. Inocencio
F. Arias (Spain), President of the Security Council for the
month of July, and Chairman of the "Counter-Terrorism Committee" (Security
Council Committee established pursuant to Resolution 1373 [2001]);
H.E. Mr. Heraldo Munoz (Chile), Chairman of the "Taliban/Al-Qaeda
Sanctions Committee" (Security Council Committee established
pursuant to Resolution 1267 [1999])
[Webcast: Archived
Video - Available
later] |
25
July 2003
|
Press Conference: The
UN Secretary-General; Mr. Mark Mallock-Brown, Administrator,
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP); Mr. Paul Martin
(former Finance Minister of Canada), Co-chair, Commission on
the Private Sector and Development (CPSD); and, Mr. Ernesto
Zedillo (former President of Mexico), Co-chair, CPSD, To launch
the Commission on the Private Sector and Development.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 50
minutes ] |
11
July 2003
|
Press
Conference: International Action Network on Small
Arms (IANSA) representatives will brief on the First Biennial
Meeting of States to Consider the Implementation of the Programme
of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade
in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects: Ms. Rebecca
Peters, Director, IANSA; Ms. Afi Yakubu, Director, Foundation
for Security and Development in Africa; and Mr. Ruben Cesar
Fernandes, Director, Viva Rio (Brazil). [Sponsored
by the Permanent Mission of New Zealand]
[Webcast: Archived
Video -
33 mins] |
11
July 2003
|
Press
Conference: Ambassador Kuniko Inoguchi of Japan,
Chair of the First Biennial Meeting of States to Consider
the Implementation of the Programme of Action to Prevent,
Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and
Light Weapons in All Its Aspects.
[Webcast: Archived
Video -
22 mins] |
8
July 2003
|
Press
Conference: Amb. Jeno Staehelin of Switzerland;
Prof. Keith Krause, Director of the Small Arms Survey, Geneva;
and Dr. Peter Batchelor, Programme Manager of the Small Arms
Survey, Geneva, will launch "Small Arms Survey 2003".
[Webcast: Archived
Video -
50 mins] |
3
July 2003
|
Press
Conference: Mr. Michael Steiner, Special Representative
of the Secretary-General for Kosovo.
[Webcast: Archived
Video -
28 mins] |
| 2
July 2003 |
Press
Conference: H.E. Inocencio F. Arias of Spain, President
of the Security Council for the month of July, to brief journalists
on the Council’s work programme for the month and on
the situation in the Congo.
[Webcast: Archived
Video -
15 mins] |
27
June 2003
|
Press
Conference: Mr.
Anwarul Chowdhury, Under-Secretary-General and High Representative
of the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries
and Small Island Developing States, will brief on the first
session of the Preparatory Committee for the Ministerial
Conference of Landlocked and Transit Developing Countries
and their Donor Community on Transit Transport Cooperation.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - Available
later] |
26
June 2003
|
Press
Conference: Amb.
Heraldo Munoz (Chile), Chairman of the Security Council Committee
established pursuant to Security Council Resolution 1267
(1999), and Mr. Michael Chandler, Chairman of the Monitoring
Group pursuant to Security Council Resolution 1363 (2001)
[on Al Queda], will discuss the Monitoring Group's latest
report.
[Webcast: Archived
Video -
35 mins] |
26
June 2003
|
Press
Conference: Mr.
Pat Gelsinger, Chief Technology Officer, Intel Corporation;
Mr. Amir Hassan, First Mile Solutions (India); Mr. Sarbuland
Khan, Director for Economic and Social Council Support and
Coordination in the Department of Economic and Social Affairs,
will discuss wireless technology for development.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - Available
later] |
25
June 2003
|
Press
Conference: Amb. Jeremy Greenstock (United Kingdom),
will brief on the Security Council mission to West Africa.
[Webcast: Archived
Video -
31 mins] |
25
June 2003
|
Press
Conference: Mr. Ian Kinniburgh, Director of Development
Policy Analysis in the Department of Economic and Social
Affairs, will launch the 2003 "World Economic and Social
Survey".
[Webcast: Archived
Video - Available
later] |
25
June 2003
|
Press
Conference: Mr. Ramiro Lopes da Silva, Humanitarian
Coordinator for Iraq, will brief on the humanitarian appeal
and reconstruction needs for Iraq. [Portugese
and English]
[Webcast: Archived
Video -
25 mins] |
24
June 2003
|
Press
Conference: Mr. Mark Malloch Brown, Administrator
of the United Nations Development Programme, and others,
will brief on the Informal Information-Sharing and Forward
Planning Meeting on the Reconstruction Needs for Iraq, taking
place today, 24 June.
[Webcast: Archived
Video -
42 mins] |
24
June 2003
|
Press
Conference: Mr. Lex Frieden, Chairperson of the
United States National Council on Disability, will brief
on the importance of a United Nations Convention on the Human
Rights of People with Disabilities. [Sponsored
by the US Mission]
[Webcast: Archived
Video -
26 mins] |
23
June 2003
|
Press
Conference: Iraq leaders from the Coalition Provisional
Authority, will brief journalists on the Technical Consultation
on Reconstruction Needs for Iraq (24 June 2003). [Sponsored
by the US Mission]
[Webcast: Archived
Video -
35 mins] |
18
June 2003
|
Press
Conference: Ms. Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, Executive Director
of the UN Population Fund and Dr. Amy Pollack, President
of EngenderHealth, to launch the first-ever report on obstetric
fistula in sub-Saharan Africa.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - Available
later] |
17
June 2003
|
Press
Conference: Mr. Salomon Lerner Febres, President,
Peruvian Truth and Reconciliation Commission; Ms. Lisa Magarrell,
Senior Associate, International Center for Transitional Justice;
Ms. Sofia Macher, Commissioner, Peruvian Truth and Reconciliation
Commission; and Mr. Carlos Ivan Degregori, Commissioner,
Peruvian Truth and Reconciliation Commission, will brief
on the work of the Peruvian Truth and Reconciliation Commission. (sponsored
by the UN Development Programme)
[Webcast: Archived
Video - Available
later] |
16
June 2003
|
Press
Conference: Ms. Anne Edgerton, Ms. Julia Freedson,
and Ms. Kathleen Hunt of WATCHLIST, will discuss the impact
of war on children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo,
and the new report by Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict. [Sponsored
by the Permanent Mission of Canada]
[Webcast: Archived
Video - Available
later] |
11
June 2003
|
Press
Conference: Ms. Yvonne Turlingten, Amnesty International;
Mr. Bill Pace, Coalition for the International Criminal Court;
Mr. Richard Dicker, Human Rights Watch, and Mr. Jaun Kim,
Parliamentarians for Global Action, to discuss Security Council
Resolution 1422 (2002) on the International Criminal Court
[Webcast: Archived
Video -
42 mins]
|
4
June 2003
|
Press
Conference: Mr. Jean-Marie Guehenno, Under-Secretary-General
for Peacekeeping Operations, will talk about his recent visit
to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - Available
later]
|
4
June 2003
|
Press
Conference: H.E. Mr. Jean-Marc de la Sabliere, Permanent
Representative of France, to brief journalists on the upcoming
Security Council Mission to Central Africa, as the head of
the delegation.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - Available
later]
|
3
June 2003
|
Press
Conference: Amb. Sergey Lavrov (Russian Federation),
President of the Security Council for June, will brief on
the Council's work programme for the month.[English/Russian
interpretation requested]
[Webcast: Archived
Video -
21 mins]
|
27
May 2003
|
Press
Conference: Secretary-General on Iraq
[Webcast: Archived
Video -
38min]
|
23
May 2003
|
Press
Conference: Mr. Ole Henrik Magga, Chairman of the
Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, Mr. Willie Littlechild,
Rapporteur, and other expert members, will brief on the outcome
of the Permanent Forum's second session.
[Webcast: Archived
Video -
40min]
|
21
May 2003
|
Press
Conference: Ms. Njuma Ekundanayo of the Democratic
Republic of the Congo (DRC), member of the Permanent Forum
on Indigenous Issues and expert on indigenous issues, particularly
on pygmy peoples in the DRC; Ms. Sinafasi Makelo and Ms.
Adolphine Muley, Mbuti (or Batwa) people of the eastern DRC,
will brief on the situation in the eastern DRC relating to
the indigenous people there. [Sponsored
by the Secretariat for the Permanent Forum on Indigenous
Issues]
[Webcast: Archived
Video -
44min]
|
20
May 2003
|
Press
Conference: Indigenous Peoples Caucus and the Permanent Forum
on Indigenous Issues
[Webcast: Archived
Video -
38min]
|
12
May 2003
|
Press
Conference: H.E. Mr. Jeremy Greenstock, Permanent
Representative of the United Kingdom to the UN, will discuss
the Security Council’s upcoming visit to West Africa.
[Webcast: Archived
Video -
29min]
|
5
May 2003
|
Press
Conference: H.E. The Hon. John Howard, MP, Prime
Minister of Australia.
[Webcast: Archived
Video -
26min]
|
2
May 2003
|
Press
Conference: H.E. Mr. Munir Akram (Pakistan), President
of the Security Council for the month of May, briefs correspondents
on the Council’s work programme for the month.
[Webcast: Archived
Video -
25min]
|
1
May 2003
|
Press
Conference: Briefing by non-governmental organizations
on the 11th Session of the Commission on Sustainable Development. [Sponsored
by the Department of Economic and Social Affairs]
[Webcast: Archived
Video - Available
Later]
|
1
May 2003
|
Press
Conference: H.E. Mr. Valli Mossa, Minister of the
Environment of South Africa and Chairman of the Commission
on Sustainable Development, and Mr. Nitin Desai, Under-Secretary-General
for Economic and Social Affairs, will brief of the 11th Session
of the Commission on Sustainable Development.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - Available
Later]
|
1
May 2003
|
Press
Conference: "Report of the Commission on Human
Security" will be launched by Commission Co-Chairs Mrs.
Sadako Ogata, former UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Prof.
Amartya Sen, Master, Trinity College, Cambridge University,
and Mr.Kaoru Ishikawa, Director-General for Multilateral
Cooperation, Foreign Ministry of Japan. [Sponsored
by the Permanent Mission of Japan]
[Webcast: Archived
Video - Available
Later]
|
30
April 2003
|
U.N.
Humanitarian Briefing: Amman, Jordan (audio
only)
[Webcast: Archived
Video -
16min]
|
29
April 2003
|
U.N.
Humanitarian Briefing: Amman, Jordan (audio
only)
[Webcast: Archived
Video -
16min]
|
28
April 2003
|
U.N.
Humanitarian Briefing: Amman, Jordan (audio
only)
[Webcast: Archived
Video -
23min]
|
24
April 2003
|
U.N.
Humanitarian Briefing: Amman, Jordan (audio
only)
[Webcast: Archived
Video -
21min]
|
23
April 2003
|
U.N.
Humanitarian Briefing: Amman, Jordan (audio
only)
[Webcast: Archived
Video -
18min]
|
22
April 2003
|
Press
Conference: On the occasion of the second resumed
session of the Assembly of the States Parties to the Rome
Statute of the International Criminal Court, Prince Zeid
Ra'ad Zeid Al-Hussein (President of the Assembly of the States
Parties) will introduce the President of the Court, Judge
Philippe Kirsch and the new-elected Prosecutor Luis Moreno
OCampo. [sponsored by the Permanent Mission
of Jordan]
[Webcast: Archived
Video -
38min]
|
22
April 2003
|
U.N.
Humanitarian Briefing: Amman, Jordan (audio
only)
[Webcast: Archived
Video -
21min]
|
| 21
April 2003 |
Press
Conference: International Criminal Court (ICC)
[Webcast: Archived
Video -
47min]
|
21
April 2003
|
U.N.
Humanitarian Briefing: Amman, Jordan (audio
only)
[Webcast: Archived
Video -
14min]
|
17
April 2003
|
Video
Conference: UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization (UNESCO) experts who will brief journalists
on the State of Iraq’s Heritage.
[Webcast: Archived
Video -
32min]
|
17
April 2003
|
Press
Conference: H.E. Mr. Murari Raj Sharma, Permanent
Representative of Nepal to the United Nations, to launch
the publication "Economic and Social Survey of Asia
and the Pacific 2003: Asia-Pacific Economies - Resilience
in Challenging Times", published by the Economic and
Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - Available
Later]
|
17
April 2003
|
U.N.
Humanitarian Briefing: Amman, Jordan (audio
only)
[Webcast: Archived
Video -
32min]
|
16
April 2003
|
U.N.
Humanitarian Briefing: Amman, Jordan (audio
only)
[Webcast: Archived
Video -
21min]
|
15
April 2003
|
Press
Briefing: SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory
Syndrome) - A Newly Identified Infectious Disease" by
The World Health Organization in collaboration with The Economic
and Social Council (ECOSOC) and the Medical Service of the
UN.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 1h04min]
|
15
April 2003
|
U.N.
Humanitarian Briefing: Amman, Jordan (audio
only)
[Webcast: Archived
Video -
30 min]
|
14
April 2003
|
U.N.
Humanitarian Briefing: Amman, Jordan (audio
only)
[Webcast: Archived
Video -
39 min]
|
11
April 2003
|
U.N.
Humanitarian Briefing: Amman, Jordan (audio
only)
[Webcast: Archived
Video -
36 min]
|
10
April 2003
|
Press
Conference (sponsored by the Permanent Missions
of Mexico and Pakistan) by Ms. Kathleen Hunt, CARE International,
and Representatives of other Non-governmental Organizations
that participated in yesterday's Arria Formula meeting on
the humanitarian crisis in Iraq.
[Webcast: Archived
Video -
47 min]
|
10
April 2003
|
U.N.
Humanitarian Briefing: Amman, Jordan (audio
only)
[Webcast: Archived
Video -
36 min]
|
9
April 2003
|
U.N.
Humanitarian Briefing: Amman, Jordan (audio
only)
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 43 min]
|
8
April 2003
|
U.N.
Humanitarian Briefing: Amman, Jordan (audio
only)
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 25 min]
|
7
April 2003
|
U.N.
Humanitarian Briefing: Amman, Jordan (audio
only)
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 21 min]
|
4
April 2003
|
U.N.
Humanitarian Briefing: Amman, Jordan (audio
only)
[Webcast: Archived
Video]
|
3
April 2003
|
Press
Conference: H.E. The Hon. Alexander Downer, MP,
Minister for Foreign Affairs of Australia.
[Webcast: Archived
Video -
33min]
|
3
April 2003
|
Press
Conference: 36th Session of the Commission on Population
and Development by Professor Amartya Sen, 1998 Nobel Prize
Winner in Economics and Master Trinity college, Cambridge,
UK; Dr. Paul Demeny, Distinguished Scholar, Population Council,
New York; and Mr. Joseph Chamie, Director of the UN Population
Division.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - Available
Later]
|
3
April 2003
|
U.N.
Humanitarian Briefing: Amman, Jordan (audio
only)
[Webcast: Archived
Video -
40min]
|
2
April 2003
|
Press
Conference: H.E.
Mr. Adolfo Aguilar Zinser (Mexico), President of the Security
Council for the month of April 2003, on the Council’s
Work Programme for the month.
[Webcast: Archived
Video -
30min]
|
2
April 2003
|
U.N.
Humanitarian Briefing: Amman, Jordan (audio
only)
[Webcast: Archived
Video -
36min]
|
1
April 2003
|
Press
Conference: Humanitarian Assistance to Iraq; Mr.
Farid Zarif, Acting Director of Contracts Processing and
Monitoring, Office of the Iraq Programme; Mr. Phillip Ward,
Programme Adviser, World Food Programme and Mr. Oliver Ulich,
Humanitarian Affairs Officer, Office for the Coordination
of Humanitarian Affairs.
[Webcast: Archived
Video -
56min]
|
1
April 2003
|
U.N.
Humanitarian Briefing: Amman, Jordan (audio
only)
[Webcast: Archived
Video -
26min]
|
31
March 2003
|
U.N.
Humanitarian Briefing: Amman, Jordan (audio
only)
[Webcast: Archived
Video -
32min]
|
| 28
March 2003 |
Press
Conference: Ms. Louise Frechette, United Nations
Deputy Secretary-General; Mr. Mark Malloch Brown, Administrator
of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP); Ms. Carol
Bellamy, Executive Director, United Nations Children’s
Fund (UNICEF); Mr. Kenzo Oshima, Under-Secretary-General
for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator,
OCHA, will launch the Flash Appeal for Iraq.
[Webcast: Archived
Video -
44min]
|
28
March 2003
|
U.N.
Humanitarian Briefing: Amman, Jordan (audio
only)
[Webcast: Archived
Video -
31min]
|
27
March 2003
|
U.N.
Humanitarian Briefing: Amman, Jordan (audio
only)
[Webcast: Archived
Video -
30min]
|
26
March 2003
|
U.N.
Humanitarian Briefing: Amman, Jordan (audio
only)
[Webcast: Archived
Video -
42min]
|
25
March 2003
|
U.N.
Humanitarian Briefing: Amman, Jordan (audio
only)
[Webcast: Archived
Video -
29min]
|
24
March 2003
|
U.N.
Humanitarian Briefing: Amman, Jordan (audio
only)
[Webcast: Archived
Video -
35min]
|
| 23
March 2003 |
U.N.
Humanitarian Briefing: Amman, Jordan (audio
only)
[Webcast: Archived
Video -
33min]
|
22
March 2003
|
U.N.
Humanitarian Briefing: Amman, Jordan (audio
only)
[Webcast: Archived
Video -
33min]
|
21
March 2003
|
Press
Conference: Business Financing-for-Development Initiatives
by Ms. Maria Livanos Cattaui, Secretary-General of the International
Chamber of Commerce; Dr. Barbara Samuels II, President Samuels
Associates; Mr. Crocker Snow, Director of Money Matters Institute;
Mr. Paul Underwood, Executive Director of the Business Council
for the United Nations.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - Available
Later]
|
21
March 2003
|
U.N.
Humanitarian Briefing: Amman, Jordan (audio
only)
[Webcast: Archived
Video -
32min]
|
| 20
March 2003 |
U.N.
Humanitarian Briefing: Amman, Jordan (audio
only)
[Webcast: Archived
Video -
50min]
|
06
March 2003
|
Press
conference: H.E. The Rt. Hon. Jack Straw, Secretary
of State for Foreign Affairs of the United Kingdom.
[Webcast: Archived
Video -
23min]
|
05
March 2003
|
Press
conference: Mr. Pierre-Andre Wiltzer, Minister for
Cooperation of France, and Mr. Alan Larson, Under Secretary
for Economic, Business and Agricultural Affairs of the United
States, will discuss the G-8 contact group’s ministerial
level meeting on food security in Africa.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - Available
Later]
|
05
March 2003
|
Press
conference: Dr.Hans Blix, Executive Chairman
of the United Nations Monitoring, Verification
and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC).
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 1h00min]
|
04
March 2003
|
Press
conference: H.E. Mr.
Mamady Traore, the President
of the Security Council for
the month of March, on the
work programme of the Council
for the month.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 15min]
|
04
March 2003
|
Press
Conference: Members
of the European Parliament
on "A
Message of Peace" and
their call for expanded
efforts to obtain
a peaceful resolution
of the Crisis in
Iraq.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 27min]
|
25
February
2003
|
Press
Conference: Mr.
Hans
Dahlgren,
State
Secretary
for
Foreign
Affairs
of
Sweden,
and
Dr.
Peter
Wallensteen,
Dag
Hammarskjold
Professor
of
Peace
and
Conflict
Research,
Uppsala
University,
will
discuss "The
Stockholm
Process
on
the
Implementation
of
Targeted
Sanctions".
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 11min]
|
13
February
2003
|
Press
Conference: Mr.
Kenzo
Oshima,
Under-Secretary-General
for
Humanitarian
Affairs
and
Emergency
Relief
Coordinator
will
brief
on
the
status
of
UN
Secretariat
humanitarian
contingency
planning
for
Iraq.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 48min]
|
13
February
2003
|
Press
Conference: Ms.
Carolyn
McAskie,
the
Secretary-General's
Humanitarian
Envoy
for
the
crisis
in
Cote
D'Ivoire
will
brief
on
her
five-nation
West
Africa
assessment
mission.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - Available
Later]
|
10
February
2003
|
Press
Conference by
Airline
Ambassadors
International
and
Peace
and
Cooperation,
on
the
launching
of
their
2003
International
Youth
Art
Competition.
This
year’s
theme
is The
Protection
of
the
Environment.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - Available
Later] |
07
February
2003
|
Press
Conference: Presentation
of
a
report
entitled "The
Full
cost
of
Ballistic
Missile
Defense",
by
Economists
Allied
for
Arms
Reduction
(ECCAR)
and
the
Center
for
Arms
Control
and
Non-Proliferation
-
sponsored
by
the
Permanent
Mission
of
Sweden
to
the
UN.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 33min]
|
06
February
2003
|
Press
Conference: Mr.
Houssam
Asaad
Diab,
Charge
d’affaires
a.i.,
Permanent
Mission
of
Lebanon,
will
launch
the
flagship
publication
of
the
Economic
Commission
for
Western
Asia
(ESCWA)
entitled, "Annual
Review
of
Developments
in
Globalization
and
Regional
Integration
in
the
Countries
of
the
ESCWA
Region
2002".
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 35min]
|
| 04
February
2003 |
Press
Conference: H.E.
Ambassador
Gunter
Pleuger
(Germany),
President
of
the
Security
Council
for
the
month
of
February
will
brief
on
the
Security
Council’s
Programme
of
Work
for
the
month.
[Webcast: Archived
Video -
40min]
|
| 30
January
2003 |
Press
Conference: Briefing
on
the
highlights
of
the
work
of
the
28th
session
of
the
Committee
on
the
Elimination
of
Discrimination
against
Women.
[Webcast: Archived
Video -
30min]
|
| 30
January
2003 |
Press
Conference: H.E.
Mr.
John
Donaldson,
Special
Envoy
of
the
Government
of
Trinidad
and
Tobago,
will
brief
on
security
and
terrorism-related
issues.
[Webcast: Archived
Video - 25min]
|
20
January
2003
|
Press
Conference: H.E.
Mr.
Dominique
de
Villepin,
Minister
for
Foreign
Affairs
of
France
-
H.E.
Mr.
Renaud
Muselier,
Minister
of
State
for
Foreign
Affairs
of
France.
[Webcast: Archived
Video -
22min] |
16
January
2003
|
Press
Conference: H.E.
Mr.
Hugo
Chávez
Frías,
President
of
the
Bolivarian
Republic
of
Venezuela.
[Webcast: Archived
Video -
20min]
|
14
January
2003
|
Press
Conference: "Children
and
Armed
Conflict",
sponsored
by
the
Permanent
Mission
of
Mexico
to
the
United
Nations.
[Webcast: Archived
Video -
37min] |
14
January
2003
|
Press
Conference: H.E.
Mr.
Kofi
Annan,
Secretary-General
of
the
United
Nations.
[Webcast: Archived
Video -
45min] |
13
January
2003
|
Press
Conference: Mr.
Andrew
Natsios,
Administrator
of
the
United
States
Agency
for
International
Development
(USAID),
will
brief
on
development
assistance
[sponsored
by
the
US
Mission
to
the
UN].
[Webcast: Archived
Video -
52min] |
10
January
2003
|
Press
Conference: Amb.
Pak
Gil
Yon
of
the
Democratic
People's
Republic
of
Korea
(DPRK),
on
the
statement
issued
by
the
government
on
10
January
regarding
DPRK's
withdrawal
from
the
Nuclear
Non-proliferation
Treaty
(NPT).
[Webcast: Archived
Video -
26min] |
06
January
2003
|
Press
Conference: H.E.
Mr.
Jean-Marc
de
La
Sablière
(France),
Security
Council
President
for
the
Month
of
January.
[Webcast: Archived
Video -
28min] |
06
January
2003
|
Press
Conference: Dr.
Mohammed
El
Baradei
(IAEA),
Vienna (audio
only).
[Webcast: Archived
Audio -
25min] |
