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PRESS BRIEFING ON MICROCREDIT SUMMIT MEETING OF COUNCILS

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DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

Fred Eckhard, Spokesman for the Secretary-General, began today's noon briefing by announcing that the Security Council had just renewed the mandate of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) on the Golan Heights for a further six months.

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PRESS CONFERENCE BY PRIME MINISTER OF ANDORRA

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DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

(Incorporates briefing by spokesman for General Assembly President.)

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PRESS BRIEFING ON SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES

The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) launched a new handbook on how small and medium-sized enterprises could become major contributors to sustained growth and development, at a Headquarters press briefing this morning.

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DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

Fred Eckhard, Spokesman for the Secretary-General, began today's noon briefing by announcing that the new distribution plan for the enhanced "oil- for-food" programme was now with the Secretary-General. The plan was expected to be approved in the course of the day today. Once the Secretary-General approved the plan, he would inform the Security Council of his decision.

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PRESS BRIEFING BY USG FOR PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS

The Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Bernard Miyet, held a Headquarters press briefing this morning to commemorate a half a century of United Nations involvement in peacekeeping operations.

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DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

Fred Eckhard, Spokesman for the Secretary-General, began today's noon briefing by reading the following statement:

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PRESS BRIEFING BY DEPUTY USG FOR HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS ON EARTHQUAKE IN AFGHANISTAN

"In a ghastly sense, it is lucky there is a humanitarian aid presence there", the Deputy to the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator, Martin Griffiths, told correspondents at a Headquarters briefing this afternoon in reference to the latest earthquake in Afghanistan.

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PRESS CONFERENCE, SPONSORED BY UNITED STATES, ON KOSOVO

The United Nations and the international community should provide greater support to Kosovo in its conflict with Serbia, said the leader of ethnic Albanians in Kosovo, Ibrahim Rugova, during a press conference this afternoon at Headquarters.