Juan Carlos Brandt, Deputy Spokesman for the Secretary-General, began today's briefing by wishing correspondents a happy and prosperous 1998 on behalf of the Secretary-General, the Office of the Spokesman and the Department of Public Information (DPI).
Fred Eckhard, Spokesman for the Secretary-General, opened today's press briefing by stating that there was no meeting of the Security Council today.
Fred Eckhard, the Spokesman for the Secretary-General, began today's noon briefing by reading the following statement:
Hiro Ueki, Associate Spokesman for the Secretary-General, began today's briefing by announcing that the Secretary-General had transmitted to the Security Council the report by the two legal experts he had sent to examine the Scottish legal system in connection with the 1988 bombing of a Pan Am airliner over Lockerbie, Scotland.
Hiro Ueki, Associate Spokesman for the Secretary-General, began today's press briefing by responding to queries received over the weekend on the "oil- for-food" programme, under which Iraqi oil can be sold to purchase humanitarian goods.
(Incorporates briefing by spokesman for General Assembly President.)
(Incorporates briefing by spokesman for General Assembly President)
(Incorporates briefing by spokesman for General Assembly President.)
