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 Consultations
The following is a near verbatim transcript of today's noon briefing by Manoel de Almeida e Silva, Deputy Spokesman for the Secretary-General.
I will start with a statement attributable to the Spokesman. It is on East Timor.
**Statement by Spokesman
The following is a near verbatim transcript of today's noon briefing by Manoel de Almeida e Silva, Deputy Spokesman for the Secretary-General.
**Ethiopia and Eritrea Report
The following is a near verbatim transcript of today's noon briefing by Manoel Almeida e Silva, Deputy Spokesman for the Secretary-General.
Good afternoon. Another summer day in New York and another short briefing.
**Lebanon
The following is a near verbatim transcript of today's noon briefing by Manoel Almeida e Silva, Deputy Spokesman for the Secretary- General.
**Lebanon
The following is a near verbatim transcript of today's noon briefing by Manoel Almeida e Silva, Deputy Spokesman for the Secretary-General.
We have another slow day reflecting the summer. I will start with Lebanon.
**Lebanon
The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today's noon briefing by Manoel Almeida e Silva, Deputy Spokesman for the Secretary-General.
**Lebanon
The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today's noon briefing by Manoel Almeida e Silva, Deputy Spokesman for the Secretary-General.
Good afternoon. We have a slow day today -- a short briefing -- which may be good news on a summer afternoon.
**Security Council Consultations
The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today's noon briefing by Manoel Almeida e Silva, Deputy Spokesman for the Secretary- General.
**East Timor
The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today's noon briefing by Manoel Almeida e Silva, Deputy Spokesman for the Secretary-General.
**Sierra Leone
