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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 welcoming the Under-Secretary-General for Management, Joseph Connor, who would brief correspondents on the Organization's financial situation. (Mr. Connor's briefing has been issued separately.)

Press Briefing

PRESS BRIEFING BY UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR MANAGEMENT

The financial state of the United Nations was precarious and that forced it to resort to financial practices that were imprudent, said the Under-Secretary-General for Management, Joseph Connor, during a Headquarters press briefing today.

Press Briefing

PRESS BRIEFING BY UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND

Mikko Kuustonen, the Finnish singer and songwriter, was introduced this morning by the Deputy Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) at a briefing announcing his recent appointment as a UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador.

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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 delivering a statement on Afghanistan, which read:

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DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

Press Briefing

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

Fred Eckhard, Spokesman for the Secretary-General, began today's noon briefing by welcoming the Director of the Division of Public Affairs at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Djibril Diallo. Mr. Diallo would brief correspondents on events related to the observance of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, occurring on Saturday, 17 October.

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PRESS BRIEFING BY UNDP

Press Briefing

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 Secretary-General had warmly welcomed the news of a breakthrough in efforts to end the Kosovo crisis.

Press Briefing

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

Fred Eckhard, Spokesman for the Secretary-General, began today's noon briefing by welcoming the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunals for both the Former Yugoslavia and Rwanda, Louise Arbour. (Ms. Arbour's briefing on the Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia is being issued separately.)

Press Briefing

PRESS BRIEFING BY PROSECUTOR OF INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNAL FOR FORMER YUGOSLAVIA

The jurisdiction of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia was not determined by the President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, the Tribunal's Prosecutor Louise Arbour said at a Headquarters briefing this afternoon.