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Noon Briefings


03/06/02
Press Briefing


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


The 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'm late.  We were just getting remarks by the Secretary-General that we wanted to be able to share with you. 


**Guest at Noon Briefing

31/05/2002
Press Briefing


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


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


**Statement Attributable to Spokesman

We’re going to start with a statement attributable to the Spokesman on the death of Gunnar Jarring:

28/05/2002
Press Briefing


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


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


Good afternoon.


Statement attributable to the Spokesman of the Secretary-General

The following statement is attributable to the Spokesman on the Colombian elections:

24/05/2002
Press Briefing


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


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


Good afternoon.


**SG to visit Ukraine, Russia

The Secretary-General will leave a week from tomorrow on a trip that will take him on his first visit to the Ukraine. From there, he will travel to Moscow, Geneva and Rome.

23/05/2002
Press Briefing


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


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


Good Afternoon.


**Statement Attributable to Spokesman for Secretary-General

"We’ll start with a statement attributable to the Spokesman concerning the situation between India and Pakistan:

22/05/2002
Press Briefing


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


The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today’s noon briefing by Fred Eckhard, Spokesman for the Secretary-General, and Jan Fischer, Spokesman for the General Assembly President.


Good afternoon.

21/05/2002
Press Briefing


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


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


Good afternoon.


[Guest was Special Adviser on Africa Ibrahim Gambari, who discussed recent developments in Angola.]

20/05/2002
Press Briefing


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


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


Good Afternoon.


**East Timor Declared Independent at Midnight

Early this morning, as midnight struck in East Timor, tens of thousands of East Timorese gathered at a massive site near the capital, Dili, to celebrate the birth of their new nation.