The following is a near verbatim transcript of today's noon press briefing by the Deputy Spokesman for the Secretary-General, Manoel de Almeida e Silva.
Good afternoon.
**Secretary-General in Washington:
The following is a near verbatim transcript of today's noon briefing by the Deputy Spokesman for the Secretary-General, Manoel de Almeida e Silva.
Hello. I am slightly late today -- four minutes -- because I've been trying to get the latest from Washington.
**Angola Memorial For Crash Victims:
The following is a near verbatim transcript of today's noon briefing by the Deputy Spokesman for the Secretary-General, Manoel de Almeida e Silva.
Good afternoon. As you know Fred Eckhard is not here today. He is with the Secretary-General in Washington.
**Secretary-General in Washington:
The following is a near verbatim transcript of today's noon briefing by the Spokesman for the Secretary-General, Fred Eckhard:
Good afternoon.
**Secretary-General in Washington, D.C.:
The following is a near verbatim transcript of today's noon briefing by the Spokesman for the Secretary-General, Fred Eckhard:
Good afternoon. We're going to try a second time to get Pino Arlacchi to the briefing. I don't see him here but I hope he's on his way. He, of course, is the Executive Director of the Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention.
The following is a near verbatim transcript of today's noon briefing by the Spokesman for the Secretary-General, Fred Eckhard:
That clock is wrong. It's exactly 12. I'm exactly on time. How late? (in response to a comment made by one of his staff).
The following is a near verbatim transcript of today's noon briefing by the Spokesman for the Secretary-General, Fred Eckhard:
The following is a near verbatim transcript of today's noon briefing by the Spokesman for the Secretary-General, Fred Eckhard:
**Libya/Lockerbie:
The following is a near verbatim transcript of today's noon briefing by the Spokesman for the Secretary-General, Fred Eckhard:
I give up on my New Year's resolution. I will never start this briefing on time, and I'm not even going to try.
**Security Council:
The following is a near verbatim transcript of today's noon briefing by the Spokesman for the Secretary-General, Fred Eckhard:
**Secretary-General Briefs Security Council:
