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Noon Briefings


6 July 1999



Press Briefing

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

19990706

The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today's noon briefing by Manoel de Almeida e Silva, Deputy-Spokesman for the Secretary-General:

Good afternoon. We are hoping to have as our guest Alvaro de Soto who is in the Security Council. If he finishes there on time, he will brief you on East Timor here. Otherwise, that briefing would be at the stakeout.

2 July 1999



Press Briefing

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

19990702

The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today's noon briefing by the Spokesman for the Secretary-General, Fred Eckhard.

Okay. Good afternoon. I'd like to welcome to the briefing Dr. Peter Piot, the Director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) who will be discussing the impact of HIV/AIDS on population and development issues.

29 June 1999



Press Briefing

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERA;

19990629

The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today's noon briefing by the Spokesman for the Secretary-General, Fred Eckhard:

We have some people in the room with us today, thanks to 23 visiting journalists from around the world who are here taking part in a multi-regional visitors' programme. Welcome to the briefing.

**Kosovo

24 June 1999



Press Briefing

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

19990624

The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today's noon briefing by the Spokesman for the Secretary-General, Fred Eckhard.

**Kosovo

Good afternoon. Today we will have the Secretary-General's Special Envoy for the Balkans, Carl Bildt, here to talk to you about Kosovo, where restoring law and order is a top priority.

23 June 1999



Press Briefing

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

19990623

The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today's noon briefing by the Spokesman for the Secretary-General, Fred Eckhard.

**Kosovo

The United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) moved into its headquarters in central Pristina today -- 11 days after the Secretary-General dispatched the advance team led by Sergio Vieira de Mello.

22 June 1999



Press Briefing

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

19990622

The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today's noon briefing by the Spokesman for the Secretary-General, Fred Eckhard.

Good afternoon. I'd like to welcome to the briefing, Sharon Capeling- Alakija who is the Executive Coordinator of the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) and she will brief you on the UNVs role in East Timor.

**Kosovo