"I thought you would all be off seeing Elizabeth Taylor", Sylvana Foa, Spokesman for the Secretary-General, told correspondents at today's Noon Briefing. Ms. Taylor was also holding a press conference.
Sylvana Foa, Spokesman for the Secretary-General, began today's noon briefing by stating, "We do have some really sad news today. According to the preliminary reports that we're getting from the Comoros Islands, there were probably about six members of the United Nations family on board that Ethiopian Airlines flight from Addis Ababa that was hijacked and subsequently crashed."
Ahmad Fawzi began today's noon briefing by announcing that Sylvana Foa, Spokesman for the Secretary-General, was absent today because of a personal matter she was attending to in Washington.
Sylvana Foa, Spokesman for the Secretary-General, told correspondents at today's noon briefing that she had little news for them. The day's "major" item was the opening of the nomination phase for the United Nations Correspondents Association election. The deadline for submission was 27 November.
Sylvana Foa, Spokesman for the Secretary-General, began today's noon briefing by saying that there was some news from the Security Council. There was a vote, by secret ballot, on the "obscure mandate" renewal that she had discussed yesterday.
