The following is a near verbatim transcript of today's noon briefing by the Spokesman for the Secretary-General, Fred Eckhard:
Good afternoon. Kosovo again tops the agenda.
**Crisis in Kosovo
The economic crisis that had begun in the second half of 1997 in the South-East Asia region had turned out to be deeper and longer-lasting than had been foreseen, Asda Jayanama, Permanent Representative of Thailand, said at a Headquarters press conference this morning.
The following is a near verbatim transcript of today's noon briefing by the Spokesman for the Secretary-General, Fred Eckhard:
Sorry for the delay. We were hoping to have a statement in response to the developments in Niger, and we didn't quite make it, but I expect we'll have something to say within the hour.
**Secretary-General's Statement on Kosovo
The following is a near verbatim transcript of today's noon briefing by the Spokesman for the Secretary-General, Fred Eckhard:
Good afternoon.
**Kosovo
The following is a near verbatim transcript of today's noon briefing by the Spokesman for the Secretary-General, Fred Eckhard:
Good afternoon.
**Kosovo
The following is a near verbatim transcript of today's noon briefing by the Spokesman for the Secretary-General, Fred Eckhard:
The immediate health needs and psychological trauma of children were the focus of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) at the moment, its Executive Director, Carol Bellamy, told correspondents at a Headquarters press briefing this morning, following her recent visit with Kosovo refugees in Albania.
The current events in Europe underscored the necessity of having international judicial machinery to hold those in command accountable for what happens on their watch, the Registrar of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, Agwu Ukiwe Okali, said today during a Headquarters press conference.
The following is a near verbatim transcript of today's noon briefing by the Spokesman for the Secretary-General, Fred Eckhard:
Good afternoon.
Ambassador Jamsheed Marker is here to give you the latest on the discussions on East Timor. I will quickly run through my briefing first.
**Kosovo
