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Noon Briefings


21 January 1998



Press Briefing

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

19980121

Fred Eckhard, Spokesman for the Secretary-General, began today's noon briefing by announcing that the Security Council was currently discussing Western Sahara. A draft resolution had been circulated and it was the Council's intention to adopt it on Monday, 26 January.

19 January 1998



Press Briefing

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

19980119

Fred Eckhard, Spokesman for the Secretary-General, began today's noon briefing by stating that, as had been announced to correspondents late last Friday, the Secretary-General was the keynote speaker at the Brooklyn Academy of Music this morning in a programme dedicated to Martin Luther King, Jr. The text of his speech had been made available on an embargoed basis.