Fred Eckhard, Spokesman for the Secretary-General, began today's noon briefing by noting the time: "12:02 p.m., I've still got to improve on that". He was, of course, referring to his resolution to start the briefings on time.
Fred Eckhard, Spokesman for the Secretary-General, began today's noon briefing by saying it was the second day in a row he had broken his New Year's resolution to start the briefing on time. He would try to improve that tomorrow.
Fred Eckhard, Spokesman for the Secretary-General, began today's noon briefing by saying that he had already broken one of his New Year's resolutions to start the briefing at 12 p.m. sharp, but he would continue making the effort.
Manoel de Almeida e Silva, Deputy Spokesman for the Secretary-General, informed correspondents at today's noon briefing that the Security Council was not scheduled to meet until Tuesday, 29 December, when consultations were planned on Ethiopia and Eritrea, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and possibly also on the maintenance of peace and security and post-conflict peace-building.
Manoel Almeida e Silva, Deputy Spokesman for the Secretary-General, began today's noon briefing by noting the presence at the briefing today of the Deputy Spokesman of the French Foreign Ministry in Paris.
