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Noon Briefings


28 October 1998



Press Briefing

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

19981028

Fred Eckhard, Spokesman for the Secretary-General, began today's noon briefing by welcoming Under-Secretary-General for Internal Oversight Services, Karl Paschke, who would brief correspondents on his annual report. (Mr. Paschke's briefing is being issued separately.)

27 October 1998



Press Briefing

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

19981027

Fred Eckhard, Spokesman for the Secretary-General, opened today's noon briefing by welcoming Sandro Tucci, spokesman for the Executive Director of the United Nations Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention, Pino Arlacchi, who had come from Vienna to "observe how the Spokesman's Office functions -- or doesn't".

26 October 1998



Press Briefing

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

19981026

Hiro Ueki, Associate Spokesman for the Secretary-General, opened today's noon briefing by announcing that the Secretary-General was back in New York and would be in the office tomorrow, as would the Spokesman.

23 October 1998



Press Briefing

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

19981023

Marie Okabe, Associate Spokesman for the Secretary-General, began today's noon briefing by reading a statement made by the Secretary-General in Seoul concerning the Middle East peace agreement, as follows:

22 October 1998



Press Briefing

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

19981022

Marie Okabe, Associate Spokesman for the Secretary-General, began today's noon briefing by saying the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunals for both the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda, Louise Arbour, would brief correspondents on the Tribunal for Rwanda. (Ms. Arbour's briefing is being issued separately.)

21 October 1998



Press Briefing

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

19981021

David Wimhurst, Associate Spokesman for the Secretary-General, began today's noon briefing by expressing pleasure and extending a welcome to the Secretary-General's Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict, Olara Otunnu, who after the briefing would talk about his first report.

20 October 1998



Press Briefing

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

19981020

David Wimhurst, Associate Spokesman for the Secretary-General, began today's noon briefing by saying he would brief correspondents today and tomorrow, while Marie Okabe would conduct the noon briefing on Thursday and Friday.

16 October 1998



Press Briefing

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

19981016

Hiro Ueki, Associate Spokesman for the Secretary-General, began today's noon briefing by saying he was standing in for the Spokesman Fred Eckhard, who was in Washington, D.C., with the Secretary-General. More would be said about the Secretary-General's one-day programme in Washington later.