The following is a near verbatim transcript of today's noon briefing by the Spokesman for the Secretary-General, Fred Eckhard:
Good afternoon. We'll start again with Kosovo.
**Crisis in Kosovo
The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today's noon briefing by the Spokesman for the Secretary-General, Fred Eckhard:
Thank you for waiting. First on the crisis in Kosovo.
**Kosovo Crisis
The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today's noon briefing by the Spokesman for the Secretary-General, Fred Eckhard:
**Transfer of Suspects in Lockerbie Case
Good Afternoon. The Secretary-General this morning confirmed the successful transfer to the Netherlands of the two Libyan suspects in the Lockerbie case.
The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today's noon briefing by the Spokesman for the Secretary-General, Fred Eckhard:
There's no special interest in the briefing this morning. The extra bodies in the room are from San Joaquin Delta College in Stockton, California. Welcome to the briefing.
**Kosovo
The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today's noon briefing by the Spokesman for the Secretary-General, Fred Eckhard:
**Kosovo
The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today's noon briefing by the Spokesman for the Secretary-General, Fred Eckhard:
**Kosovo
Sorry I'm late. We'll start with Kosovo. Exhausted and frightened refugees continue to stream out of Kosovo as emergency relief efforts were underway to cope with the massive outflow.
The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today's noon briefing by Manoel de Almeida e Silva, Deputy-Spokesman for the Secretary-General:
**Kosovo
The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today's noon briefing by Manoel de Almeida e Silva, Deputy Spokesman for the Secretary-General:
**Security Council
The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today's noon briefing by Manoel de Almeida e Silva, Deputy Spokesman for the Secretary-General:
**Kosovo
United Nations staff are out of Kosovo, and we have reduced the staff presence in Belgrade. We are following the situation very closely.
The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today's noon briefing by Manoel de Almeida e Silva, Deputy Spokesman for the Secretary-General, and Jadranka Mihalic, spokesman for the General Assembly President.
**Kosovo:
