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Noon Briefings


11/06/2004
Press Briefing

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL


Following is a near-verbatim transcript of today’s noon briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Associate Spokesman for the Secretary-General.


Good afternoon everybody.


**Statement Attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General


We’ll start off today’s briefing with a statement attributable to the Spokesman on events in the Democratic Republic of the Congo:

10/06/2004
Press Briefing


DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESman FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL


Following is a near-verbatim transcript of today’s noon briefing by Marie Okabe, Associate Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.


Good afternoon.


I’m sorry I am late.  We had to get a number of updates and statements.


**Statement Attributable to Spokesman for Secretary-General

09/06/2004
Press Briefing

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL


Following is a near-verbatim transcript of today’s noon briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Associate Spokesman for the Secretary-General, and Michèle Montas, Spokeswoman for the General Assembly President.


Good afternoon.


**Security Council

08/06/2004
Press Briefing


DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL


Following is a near-verbatim transcript of today’s noon briefing by Fred Eckhard, Spokesman for the Secretary-General.


Before I begin let me just tell you something we squawked, and if you were down here you might not have heard it.

07/06/2004
Press Briefing


DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL


Following is a near-verbatim transcript of today’s noon briefing by Fred Eckhard, Spokesman for the Secretary-General.


Thank you for waiting.  I’m sorry I am late.


Good afternoon.


**Security Council


At 4 p.m., following a troop contributors’ meeting on Cyprus, the Security Council is scheduled to hold an open meeting on Iraq.

04/06/2004
Press Briefing


DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL


Following is a near-verbatim transcript of today’s noon briefing by Fred Eckhard, Spokesman for the Secretary-General.


Good afternoon.


**Democratic Republic of CongoUpdate


We have an update on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo:

02/06/2004
Press Briefing


DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL


Following is a near-verbatim transcript of today’s noon briefing by Fred Eckhard, Spokesman for the Secretary-General.


Good afternoon.


I have got a lot of stuff here today, and we have to be out of here in 19 minutes.  So, we’ll run through it.


**Iraq