Press Conference: By H.E. Mr. Le Luong Minh, Permanent Representative of Viet Nam, H.E. Mr. Pham Gia Khiem, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Viet Nam; Mr. Radhika Coomaraswamy, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflicts; and Ms. Krin Landgren, Associate Director for Child Protection, UNICEF, to brief journalists following the Security Council meeting on Children and Armed Conflict.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 18 minutes ]

Press Conference: By the Permanent Mission of Suriname. Ruth Wijdenbosch, President of the Foreign Affairs and National Defense Committee of Suriname, will brief on the internal process and discussions held in Suriname that led to the country’s accession to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 23 minutes ]

Press Conference: On the occasion of the commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Speakers: ICC Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo; Bruno Stagno Ugarte, Foreign Minister of Costa Rica, and current President of the Assembly of States Parties of the ICC; and Christian Wenaweser, Permanent Representative of Liechtenstein to the UN, and President-elect of the Assembly of States Parties of the ICC.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 39 minutes ]

Press Conference: Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs John Holmes will brief the press on the Mid-Year Review of the Humanitarian Appeal 2008.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 38 minutes ]

Press Conference: Ambassador Jürg Streuli of Switzerland, Permanent Representative to the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva, launches the “Small Arms Survey 2008: Risk and Resilience”.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 30 minutes ]

Press Conference: Mr. Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Foreign Minister of Pakistan.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 24 minutes ]

Press Conference: H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary-General briefs the press following his trip to Asia.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 31 minutes ]

Press Conference: General Assembly President Srgjan Kerim on his activities, recent developments related to the work of the Assembly’s 62nd session, and upcoming events.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 36 minutes ]

Press Conference: Briefing by H.E. Mr. Le Luong Minh, Permanent Representative of Viet Nam and President of the Security Council for the month of July, on the programme of work for the month.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 24 minutes ]

Press Conference: Ambassador Michel Kafando of Burkina Faso; Ambassador Jean-Maurice Ripert of France; Ambassador Dumisani Kumalo of South Africa; and Ambassador John Sawers of the United Kingdom, on the upcoming Security Council trip to Africa.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 33 minutes ]

Press Conference: Ambassador Irakli Alasania of Georgia, to brief on Georgia's response to the recent report by the UN Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) on last month's downing of a Georgian drone over Abkhazia, Georgia.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 19 minutes ]

Press Conference: Jane Holl Lute, Assistant-Secretary-General for the Department of Field Support, to brief on reports of sexual violence against children.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 29 minutes ]

Press Conference: Srgjan Kerim, President of the General Assembly, and Prince El-Hassan bin Talal of Jordan, to brief on the General Assembly’s thematic debate on  human security.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 24 minutes ]

Press Conference: Ambassador Jorge Arguello of Argentina; Ngonlardje Mbaidjol, Director of the New York Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights; Estela de Carlotto from Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo; and Academy Award-winning composer and human rights advocate, Gustavo A. Santaolalla, to brief on the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 24 minutes ]

Press Conference: Carolina Owens from the Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Children and Armed Conflict; Victoria Forbes Adam, Director of the Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers; and Jo Becker from Human Rights Watch launch the Coalition’s latest Child Soldiers Global Report.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 37 minutes ]

Press Conference: Rob Vos, Director of the Development and Policy Analysis Division of the United Nations Department for Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), and author of ‘World Economic Situation and Prospects’ to present a mid-year update on this report. He will be accompanied by Jomo Kwame Sundaram, Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 55 minutes ]

Press Conference: Pasquale Steduto from the FAO; David Molden from the International Water Management Institute; and Anders Berntell and Jan Lundqvist from the Stockholm International Water Institute, to discuss ways of curbing global food and water wastage.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 38 minutes ]

Press Conference: Achim Steiner, Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), on UNEP’s Billion Tree Campaign.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 37 minutes ]

Press Conference: Kathleen Abdalla and Aslam Chaudhry from the Division for Sustainable Development and water expert Roberto Lenton on issues relating to water and sanitation.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 32 minutes ]

Press Conference: U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, accompanied by John Holmes, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, to brief on the situation in Myanmar.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 52 minutes ]

Press Conference: Prince Ra’ad Bin Zeid of Jordan; Ambassador Claude Heller of Mexico; Jomo Kwame Sundaram, Assistant Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs; Kyung-wha Kang, Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights; and Lex Grandia, Chairman of International Disability Alliance CRPD Forum, to brief on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 30 minutes ]

Press Conference: John Holmes, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and UN Emergency Relief Coordinator, to brief on the launch of the Flash Appeal for Myanmar.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 29 minutes ]

Press Conference: Kathleen Abdalla and David O’Connor from the Division for Sustainable Development as well as Peter Hartmann from the  International Institute for Tropical Agriculture in Nigeria to brief on ideas for realizing the African agricultural potential.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 32 minutes ]

Press Conference: Eric Falt, Director of the Department of Public Information’s Outreach Division; Mia Hanak, Executive Director of the Natural World Museum; and internationally acclaimed artists such as Catharine Chalmers, Subhankar Banerjee and Cecilia Paredes to brief on DPI's upcoming Unlearning Intolerance Seminar on "Art Changing Attitudes toward the Environment".
[Webcast: Archived Video - 30 minutes ]

Press Conference: Kathleen Abdalla and Aslam Chaudhry from the Division for Sustainable Development as well as John Pender from the International Food Policy Research Institute on issues relating to agriculture, drought and desertification.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 26 minutes ]

Press Conference: Briefing by H.E. Sir John Sawers, Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the UN and President of the Security Council for the month of May, on the programme of work for the month.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 33 minutes ]

Press Conference: Mr. Olivier De Schutter, new Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 42 minutes ]

Press Conference: Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, Chairperson of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues; Simeon Adewale Adekanye and Lars Anders Baer, members of the Forum, to brief on the outcomes of the Forum's seventh session.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 34 minutes ]

Press Conference: Chuck Strahl, Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and Federal Interlocutor for Métis and Non-Status Indians of Canada.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 39 minutes ]

Press Conference: Ambassador Dumisani Kumalo of South Africa, to provide, in his capacity as the President of the Security Council for April, a wrap-up of the Council's work for the month.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 33 minutes ]

Press Conference: Joel Simon, Executive Director of the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), to hold a press conference to launch CPJ's Impunity Index, which ranks countries that fail to prosecute killers of journalists.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 37 minutes ]

Press Conference: Joint press conference on Global Food Crisis.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 46 minutes ]

Press Conference: Video press conference with World Food Programme Executive Director Josette Sheeran on the situation of soaring food prices around the world.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 55 minutes ]

Press Conference: UNICEF Executive Director Ann Veneman; Ted Turner, Chairman of the UN Foundation; Tim Wirth, President of the UN Foundation; and National Basketball Association Commissioner David Stern to announce a new grassroots effort to raise funds for bed nets to help prevent malaria deaths in Africa.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 50 minutes ]

Press Conference: Joanne Sandler, Executive Director of UNIFEM, Tim Wirth, President of UN Foundation, and UNIFEM Goodwill Ambassador Nicole Kidman, to update on UNIFEM's "Say No to Violence Against Women" Campaign.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 48 minutes ]

Press Conference: Firdaus Kharas, Chairman of Chocolate Moose Media, to hold a press conference to announce the creation and availability of the "Buzz and Bite" Malaria Prevention Campaign.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 24 minutes ]

Press Conference: President Evo Morales of Bolivia to brief on the opening of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, as well as on the current situation in Bolivia.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 31 minutes ]

Press Conference: Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, Chairperson of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues; Myrna Cunningham, Director of the Center for Indigenous Peoples' Autonomy and Development (Nicaragua); Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity; and Fiu Elisara, Executive Director of O le Siosiomaga Society Inc. (Samoa), to brief on the opening of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 38 minutes ]

Press Conference: Ambassador Irakli Alasania of Georgia briefs on the situation in Abkhazia, Georgia.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 12 minutes ]

Press Conference: President Thabo Mbeki of South Africa.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 31 minutes ]

Press Conference: Ambassador Irakli Alasania of Georgia to brief on the situation in Abkhazia, Georgia.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 18 minutes ]

Press Conference: Andr¨¦s Solimano, Regional Advisor of the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, and Jean-Marc Coicaud, Director of the UN University (UNU) Office in New York, to brief on UNU's latest study entitled "International Mobility of Talent".
[Webcast: Archived Video - 41 minutes ]

Press Conference: Foreign Minister Ali Ahmed Jama of the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia and Ambassador Idd Beddel Mohamed, Deputy Permanent Representative of the Permanent Mission of Somalia to the UN to brief on the situation in Somalia.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 38 minutes ]

Press Conference: Philippe Douste-Blazy, the Secretary-General's Special Adviser on Innovative Financing for Development, to brief on today's High-level meeting of the Economic and Social Council with the Bretton Woods Institutions, the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
[Webcast: Archived Video - 35 minutes ]

Press Conference: John Holmes, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator, to brief on his recent travels in the Gulf region.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 32 minutes ]

Press Conference: Agnes Asekenye-Oonyu, Chief of the Asia Pacific Section of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, and other human rights experts discuss the impact of armed conflict on children in Sri Lanka.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 32 minutes ]

Press Conference: Srgjan Kerim, President of the 62nd Session of the General Assembly, to brief on the outcomes of the General Assembly's most recent debates on Security Council reform, management reform and the Millennium Development Goals, as well as on other upcoming activities.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 47 minutes ]

Press Conference: Mr. Daniel Bellemare, Commissioner of the Independent Investigation Commission (IIIC) for Lebanon, following Security Council Consultations on the IIIC (S/2008/210).
[Webcast: Archived Video - 45 minutes ]

Press Conference: Mayor Helen Zille of Cape Town; Hania Zlotnik, Director of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs’ Population Division; Eduardo Moreno, Chief of the Global Urban Observatory of the Monitoring System Branch of UN-HABITAT; David Satterthwaite from the International Institute for Environment and Development; and Mark Montgomery from the Policy Research Division of the Population Council to discuss the work of 41st Session of the Commission on Population and Development.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 32 minutes ]

Press Conference: Mr. Sha Zukang, Under-Secretary for Economic and Social Affairs; Ambassador Maria Fernanda Espinosa of Ecuador; Ambassador Habib Mansour of Tunisia; and Ambassador Mohammed Al-Allaf of Jordan, on the future entry into force of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 57 minutes ]

Press Conference: Briefing by H.E. Mr. Dumisani Kumalo, Permanent Representative of South Africa to the UN and President of the Security Council for the month of April, on the programme of work for the month.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 29 minutes ]

Press Conference: H.E. Mr. Irakli Alasania, Permanent Representative of Georgia, briefs the press on the situation concerning Abkhazia, Gerogia.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 17 minutes ]

Press Conference: Following the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Africa Steering Group meeting, UN Secretary-General to hold a joint press conference with Donald Kaberuka, President of the African Development Bank; Alpha Oumar Konaré, Chairman of the African Union Commission; Louis Michel, European Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid at the European Commission; Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund; Mohammed Ennifar, Senior Advisor, at the Islamic Development Bank; Angel Gurría, Secretary-General of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development; and Robert Zoellick, President of the World Bank.
[Webcast: Archived Video - English: 54 minutes ]
[Webcast: Archived Video - Original Language: 54 minutes ]

Press Conference: Michael Adlerstein, Executive Director of the Capital Master Plan (CMP), will provide updates on the CMP.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 40 minutes ]

Press Conference: Briefing by H.E. Mr. Vitaly I. Churkin, Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the UN and President of the Security Council for the month of March, on the programme of work for the month.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 37 minutes ]

Press Conference: Ambassador Melvyn Levitsky of the International Narcotics Control Board presents the main findings of the Board’s survey on the latest global drug control situation.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 45 minutes ]

Press Conference: Anders Johnsson, Secretary-General of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU); Carolyn Hannan, Director of the Division for the Advancement of Women; Sharon Hay Webster from the Parliament of Jamaica; and Hilary Armstrong from the House of Commons of the United Kingdom to launch the 2008 Map on the Political Representation of Women.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 54 minutes ]

Press Conference: Anders Johnsson, Secretary-General of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU); Carolyn Hannan, Director of the Division for the Advancement of Women; Sharon Hay Webster from the Parliament of Jamaica; and Hilary Armstrong from the House of Commons of the United Kingdom; to hold a press conference to launch the 2008 Map on the Political Representation of Women.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 18 minutes ]

Press Conference: H.E. Felipe Pérez Roque, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cuba, to brief on becoming a signatory to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 18 minutes ]

Press Conference: Mr. Toby Lanzer, United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator for the Central African Republic, on the humanitarian situation in that country.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 18 minutes ]

Press Conference: Mr. Lakhdar Brahimi, Chairman of the Independent Panel on Safety and Security of UN Personnel and Premises.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 43 minutes ]

Press Conference: Foreign Minister Ahmad Allam-Mi of Chad.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 39 minutes ]

Press Conference: Hania Zlotnik, Director of the Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs, on the results of the 2007 Revision of World Urbanization Prospects.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 36 minutes ]

Press Conference: "How to Prevent Climate Change - A Road Map to Success", with President Ólafur Ragnar Grímmson of Iceland, Amb. Hjálmar W. Hannesson of Iceland, and Dr. Leena Srivastava, Executive Director of The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI).
[Webcast: Archived Video - 45 minutes ]

Press Conference: Joaquín Antuña, President of Peace and Cooperation, and Nancy Rivard, President of Airline Ambassadors, to launch the Peace and Cooperation School Award 2008: “Water for all”. [Sponsored by the Permanent Mission of Spain].
[Webcast: Archived Video - 58 minutes ]

Press Conference: World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Dr. Margaret Chan and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg hold a news conference to highlight the key findings and recommendations of the WHO Report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 47 minutes ]

Press Conference: Briefing by H.E. Mr. Ricardo Alberto Arias, Permanent Representative of Panama to the UN and President of the Security Council for the month of February, on the programme of work for the month.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 23 minutes ]

• Statement to the Press on Ethiopia and Eritrea [Webcast: Archived Video - 2 minutes ]
• Statement to the Press on the Western Sahara [Webcast: Archived Video - 2 minutes ]