PRESS CONFERENCE

Virtual press conference by Elliot Harris, UN Chief Economist and Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development, and Hamid Rashid, Chief of the Global Economic Monitoring Branch, UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), on the Launch of the World Economic Situation and Prospects 2021, by the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA).

Press Conference by Marc-André Franche, the Head of Financing for the Peacebuilding Fund, on the high-level replenishment conference of the Peacebuilding fund, which is scheduled on 26 January.

Press Conference by Dominique Burgeon, Director of Emergencies and Resilience, FAO; Keith Cressman, Senior Locust Forecasting Officer, FAO; and Cyril Ferrand, FAO Resilience team leader for Eastern Africa: on the current desert locust situation and FAO’s response.

Press Conference by John Wilmoth, Director, Population Division, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) and Clare Menozzi, Population Affairs Officer, Population Division, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), on the release of the International Migration 2020 Highlights Report.

In a press conference, President of the General Assembly Volkan Bozkir shares his impressions of the main part of the General Assembly’s 75th session, which wrapped up on 31 December. He also discusses his priorities and what to expect during the resumed part of the session, which is currently underway.

Virtual Press Conference by Fabrizio Hochschild-Drummond, Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on the Commemoration of the United Nations 75th Anniversary, on the preview of the UN75 event entitled "We the Peoples: In conversation with the United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres" (10 January, 12noon EDT).

Press Conference by Tarek Ladeb, Permanent Representative of Tunisia to the United Nations and President of the Security Council in January 2021, on the programme of work of the Security Council for the month of January.

Briefing by Jerry Matthews Matjila, Permanent Representative of South Africa to the United Nations, on the South Africa Security Council Presidency during the month of December 2020.

Press briefing by Christoph Heusgen, Permanent Representative of Germany to the United Nations on Germany’s term on the Security Council, which comes to an end on 31 December 2020.

Briefing by Mankeur Ndiaye, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the Central African Republic, on the situation in Central African Republic.