Juan-Carlos Brandt, Senior Associate Spokesman for the Secretary- General, welcomed the Executive Director of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), Carol Bellamy, to today's noon briefing. Ms. Bellamy would brief correspondents on her recent trip to Afghanistan. (The briefing is issued separately.)
(Incorporates briefing by spokesman for General Assembly President.)
Juan-Carlos Brandt, Senior Associate Spokesman for the Secretary-General, began today's noon briefing by welcoming the President of the Staff Committee, Rosemary Waters, and the former Under-Secretary-General and hostage negotiator, Giandomenico Picco, who were at the briefing to commemorate the Day of Solidarity with Detained Staff Members, which was being observed today.
Juan-Carlos Brandt, Senior Associate Spokesman for the Secretary- General, told correspondents at today's noon briefing that 18 diplomats had arrived in Baghdad today. They would accompany the United Nations Special Commission (UNSCOM) and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors to eight presidential sites in Iraq.
