Noon Briefings

21 April 1997

Press Briefing

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

19970421 FOR INFORMATION OF UNITED NATIONS SECRETARIAT ONLY

Fred Eckhard, Spokesman for the Secretary-General, began today's noon briefing with an update by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) calling upon the Kisangani authorities in eastern Zaire to take urgent action to airlift Rwandan refugees home, saying that each day's delay would lead to more deaths.

16 April 1997

Press Briefing

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

19970416 FOR INFORMATION OF UNITED NATIONS SECRETARIAT ONLY

Juan Carlos Brandt, Associate Spokesman for the Secretary-General, announced at the beginning of today's noon briefing that Antigua and Barbuda had signed this morning the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT), becoming the 144th nation to do so. Up to now, the Treaty was ratified by two countries: Fiji and Qatar, he added.

15 April 1997

Press Briefing

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

19970415 FOR INFORMATION OF UNITED NATIONS SECRETARIAT ONLY

14 April 1997

Press Briefing

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

19970414 FOR INFORMATION OF UNITED NATIONS SECRETARIAT ONLY

Juan Carlos Brandt, Associate Spokesman for the Secretary-General, began today's noon briefing by reading a statement attributable to the Secretary- General on the situation in Zaire, as follows:

11 April 1997

Press Briefing

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

19970411 FOR INFORMATION OF UNITED NATIONS SECRETARIAT ONLY

Juan Carlos Brandt, Associate Spokesman for the Secretary-General, told correspondents at today's noon briefing that the Secretary-General, who had arrived in Italy and was now in Turin, had expressed his deep satisfaction at the formation of the Government of Unity and National Reconciliation in Angola.

10 April 1997

Press Briefing

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

19970410 FOR INFORMATION OF UNITED NATIONS SECRETARIAT ONLY

9 April 1997

Press Briefing

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

19970409 FOR INFORMATION OF UNITED NATIONS SECRETARIAT ONLY

8 April 1997

Press Briefing

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

19970408 FOR INFORMATION OF UNITED NATIONS SECRETARIAT ONLY

7 April 1997

Press Briefing

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

19970407 FOR INFORMATION OF UNITED NATIONS SECRETARIAT ONLY

Juan Carlos Brandt, Associate Spokesman for the Secretary-General, informed corespondents at the start of today's briefing that Under-Secretary- General for Humanitarian Affairs, Yasushi Akashi would address the press in the second part of the briefing. (Mr. Akashi's briefing is being issued separately.)

4 April 1997

Press Briefing

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

19970404 FOR INFORMATION OF UNITED NATIONS SECRETARIAT ONLY

Juan Carlos Brandt, Associate Spokesman for the Secretary-General, began today's briefing with an answer to a question from yesterday's briefing regarding communication between the Secretary-General and the Mayor of the City of New York, Rudolph Giuliani.