PRESS CONFERENCE BY GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT

 

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.

**Briefings Today

PRESS CONFERENCE BY EMERGENCY RELIEF COORDINATOR ON LAUNCH

 

OF REVISED APPEAL FOR MYANMAR

 

PRESS CONFERENCE BY MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF PAKISTAN

 

A broad understanding had been reached on the establishment by the Secretary-General of a commission of inquiry into Benazir Bhutto’s assassination, Pakistan’s Minister for Foreign Affairs said at a Headquarters press conference this 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 Farhan Haq, Associate Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Good afternoon everyone, and if you can, turn your cell phones off.

**Noon Guest

press conference by emergency relief coordinator on crisis in horn of africa

The top United Nations humanitarian official called today for scaled-up efforts to address a severe humanitarian crisis in the Horn of Africa, caused by a combination of drought and soaring food and oil prices.

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 Farhan Haq, Associate Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

**Today’s Guest

PRESS CONFERENCE BY special court for Sierra Leone prosecutor

 

PRESS CONFERENCE ON 2008 SMALL ARMS SURVEY

 

As delegates gathered in New York to consider the implementation of the Programme of Action on the illicit trafficking in small arms and light weapons, the Small Arms Survey 2008: Risks and Resilience, was launched at a Headquarters press conference this morning.

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.

**Secretary-General’s Travels