Noon Briefings


10 September 1998



Press Briefing

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

19980910

Fred Eckhard, Spokesman for the Secretary-General, began today's noon briefing by welcoming the spokesman for the President of the fifty-third session of the General Assembly, Jadranka Mihalic. Mr. Eckhard said she had been present at the General Assembly President's press conference in the morning and would be part of the Spokesman's team for a year.

9 September 1998



Press Briefing

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

19980909

Fred Eckhard, Spokesman for the Secretary-General, began today's noon briefing by reporting that the Secretary-General had presided over a Senior Management Group meeting this morning. The discussion had focused on what was to be expected from the forthcoming fifty-third session of the General Assembly, to be opened this afternoon.

8 September 1998



Press Briefing

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

19980908

Fred Eckhard, Spokesman for the Secretary-General, opened today's noon briefing by announcing that the Secretary-General had returned from the Non- Aligned Summit in South Africa. He had opened the peacekeeping seminar announced on Friday and would be on the podium in the General Assembly for the closing of its current session.

28 August 1998



Press Briefing

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

19980828

Fred Eckhard, Spokesman for the Secretary-General, began today's noon briefing by informing correspondents that at 11 p.m yesterday, the Security Council had unanimously adopted resolution 1192 (1998) concerning the trial by a Scottish court in the Netherlands of the two suspects accused of blowing up Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988.

27 August 1998



Press Briefing

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

19980827

Fred Eckhard, Spokesman for the Secretary-General, began today's noon briefing by informing correspondents that Richard Butler, the Executive Chairman of the United Nations Special Commission monitoring the disposal of Iraq's weapons of mass destruction (UNSCOM), would address them after he had concluded his briefing.