Noon Briefings

Press Briefing

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

Fred Eckhard, Spokesman for the Secretary-General, began today's noon briefing by saying that the ministerial Security Council meeting on Africa had started at roughly 10:30 a.m. and would finish at about 1:15 p.m. The Council was expected to adopt a presidential statement, a draft of which had been made available this morning in the Spokesman's Office.

Press Briefing

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

Fred Eckhard, Spokesman for the Secretary-General, began today's noon briefing by welcoming the Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator, Martin Griffiths, to the briefing. Mr. Griffiths was to brief correspondents on his recent visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and to Rwanda. (Mr. Griffiths' briefing has been issued separately.)

Press Briefing

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

Fred Eckhard, Spokesman for the Secretary-General, began today's noon briefing by announcing that a joint statement, issued last night after the meeting of the Six-Plus-Two group on Afghanistan convened by the Secretary- General, had been made available.

Press Briefing

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

Press Briefing

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

Fred Eckhard, Spokesman for the Secretary-General, began today's noon briefing by reporting that the United Nations humanitarian needs assessment mission to Bamyan in Afghanistan, which had been announced earlier in the week, was still on hold pending clarification of security and the state of the airport in Bamyan. Alternate routes into Bamyan were being explored.

Press Briefing

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

Press Briefing

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN OF SECRETARY-GENERAL

Fred Eckhard, Spokesman for the Secretary-General, began today's noon briefing by saying the Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, Nitin Desai, had been invited to room S-226 to brief correspondents on the high-level meeting on globalization that would take place in the General Assembly tomorrow.

Press Briefing

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN OF SECRETARY-GENERAL

Press Briefing

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

Fred Eckhard, Spokesman for the Secretary-General, began today's noon briefing by welcoming the three Dag Hammarskjold Fellows, who would undoubtedly frequent the noon briefings.

Press Briefing

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

Fred Eckhard, Spokesman for the Secretary-General, began today's noon briefing by reading from a statement attributable to him on the situation in Afghanistan. It was a long statement, and the full text was available in the Spokesman's Office, but in part it reads: