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.

**Guests at Noon

PRESS CONFERENCE BY SPECIAL ADVISER ON SPORT FOR DEVELOPMENT AND PEACE

PRESS CONFERENCE ON HIGH-LEVEL SEGMENT OF ECOSoc’S 2008 SUBSTANTIVE SESSION

 

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.

**Noon Guest and Briefing

PRESS CONFERENCE BY LAKHDAR BRAHIMI, CHAIRMAN, INDEPENDENT PANEL ON SAFETY,

SECURITY OF UNITED NATIONS PERSONNEL, PREMISES

 

PRESS CONFERENCE BY SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON EXTRAJUDICIAL, SUMMARY OR ARBITRARY

EXECUTIONS, PHILIP ALSTON, ON HIS COUNTRY VISIT TO UNITED STATES

press conference on sustainable-development challenges

 

facing intergovernmental panel on climate change

 

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

PRESS CONFERENCE BY ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL PRESIDENT

 

ON LAUNCH OF FIRST DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION FORUM

 

PRESS CONFERENCE BY PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF FRANCE TO UNITED NATIONS

ON FRANCE’S FORTHCOMING PRESIDENCY OF EUROPEAN UNION IN JULY

“The United Nations is essential for the world, and the European Union is essential for the United Nations,” the Permanent Representative of France said today at a Headquarters press conference.