Fred Eckhard, Spokesman for the Secretary-General, began today's noon briefing with the following statement:
Fred Eckhard, Spokesman for the Secretary-General, began today's noon briefing by noting that the Secretary-General had made some remarks this morning to the hundreds of visiting daughters at the United Nations today.
Fred Eckhard, Spokesman for the Secretary-General, began the noon briefing today by reading a statement issued by the World Food Programme (WFP) expressing outrage over the theft of relief food in Kisangani, Zaire.
Fred Eckhard, Spokesman for the Secretary-General, began today's noon briefing with an update by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) calling upon the Kisangani authorities in eastern Zaire to take urgent action to airlift Rwandan refugees home, saying that each day's delay would lead to more deaths.
Juan Carlos Brandt, Associate Spokesman for the Secretary-General, announced at the beginning of today's noon briefing that Antigua and Barbuda had signed this morning the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT), becoming the 144th nation to do so. Up to now, the Treaty was ratified by two countries: Fiji and Qatar, he added.
Juan Carlos Brandt, Associate Spokesman for the Secretary-General, began today's noon briefing by reading a statement attributable to the Secretary- General on the situation in Zaire, as follows:
Juan Carlos Brandt, Associate Spokesman for the Secretary-General, told correspondents at today's noon briefing that the Secretary-General, who had arrived in Italy and was now in Turin, had expressed his deep satisfaction at the formation of the Government of Unity and National Reconciliation in Angola.
