DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESPERSON FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL

The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today’s noon briefing by Marie Okabe, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Good afternoon.

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESPERSON FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL

The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today’s noon briefing by Michèle Montas, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Good afternoon, all.

**Press Conferences Today

UNITED NATIONS SEMINAR ON ASSISTANCE TO PALESTINIAN PEOPLE

 

TO BE HELD IN CAIRO, 10-11 MARCH

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SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE TO PALESTINIAN ASSISTANCE SEMINAR, SAYS RECENT

EVENTS MUST NOT BE ALLOWED TO WIPE OUT PROGRESS MADE TOWARDS PEACE

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Madam Ban Soon-taek arrived at Dar es Salaam’s Mwalimu Julius Nyerere International Airport at noon on Thursday, 26 February.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, his wife Ban Soon-taek and the United Nations delegation arrived in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, in the evening of Sunday, 1 March.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Madam Ban Soon-taek arrived in Johannesburg in the late afternoon of Tuesday, 24 February, on his first official visit to South Africa.

WOMEN HOLD KEYS TO UNLOCKING BARRIERS AGAINST PROGRESS ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT,

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP COLLOQUIUM

Commission on the Status of Women

Fifty-third Session

11^th & 12^th Meetings (AM & PM)

UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR ON ASSISTANCE

 

TO PALESTINIAN PEOPLE OPENS IN CAIRO

 

Participants Assess Needs in Gaza Strip, Look at Way Forward

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