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Noon Briefings

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

8 August 1997



Press Briefing

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

19970808

Fred Eckhard, Spokesman for the Secretary-General, began today's noon briefing by informing correspondents that he would provide them with notes from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on the question of the killings in Rwanda. They contained answers by UNHCR's spokeswoman, Pam O'Toole, to questions on Amnesty International's claim that the international community was ignoring those killings.

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

8 August 1997



Press Briefing

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

19970808

CORRECTION

Owing to a technical error, a word was omitted from the noon briefing notes for 7 August. The first two sentences of the second paragraph -- which concerns the crash of a helicopter of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) near the village of At Tiri in south Lebanon -- should read as follows:

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

31 July 1997



Press Briefing

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

19970731

Fred Eckhard, Spokesman for the Secretary-General, began today's noon briefing by announcing that the Security Council was now concluding its consideration of an extension of the mandate of the United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) and that a formal meeting on the subject was expected afterwards.

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

30 July 1997



Press Briefing

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

19970730

Fred Eckhard, Spokesman for the Secretary-General, began today's noon briefing by reading out the Secretary-General's statement on the bomb attacks this morning in Jerusalem:

"I am shocked and horrified by the carnage in Jerusalem today. At least 18 innocent lives are lost and over 150 people injured in apparent twin suicide attacks.