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PRESS BRIEFING BY UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS

At a Headquarters press briefing today, the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Sergio Vieira de Mello, told correspondents that the humanitarian mission to Kosovo proposed by Secretary-General Kofi Annan would be a humanitarian needs assessment that would look at the short- and medium-term needs.

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DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today's noon briefing by the Spokesman for the Secretary-General, Fred Eckhard:

Good afternoon. We've asked Francesc Vendrell, the Director of the Asia and Pacific Division in the Department of Political Affairs, to join us at the briefing today to brief you on East Timor.

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PRESS BRIEFING ON EAST TIMOR

At a Headquarters press briefing today, the Director of the Asia and Pacific Division of the Department of Political Affairs, Francesc Vendrell, said that by the middle of June the entire United Nations mission should be deployed in East Timor.

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DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today's noon briefing by the Spokesman for the Secretary-General, Fred Eckhard:

Thank you for not leaving.

**Kosovo

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DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today's noon briefing by Manoel de Almeida e Silva, Deputy Spokesman for the Secretary-General:

Good afternoon, and thank you for coming.

**Secretary-General

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DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today's noon briefing by Manoel de Almeida e Silva, Deputy Spokesman for the Secretary-General:

Good afternoon. We're going to have two guests at the noon briefing today: Jan Kubis, who is the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Tajikistan. He just concluded his briefing to Security Council members.

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PRESS BRIEFING BY SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR TAJIKISTAN

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PRESS CONFERENCE ON ANNUAL MEETING OF COUNCIL OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENTS

The actions being undertaken in the Balkans were necessary, the President of the Council of Former Presidents of the General Assembly said at a Headquarters press conference today. However, sidetracking the United Nations and giving it a secondary role in that kind of global security situation threatened to marginalize the Organization.

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DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today's noon briefing by Manoel de Almeida e Silva, Deputy Spokesman for the Secretary-General.

Good Afternoon. Our guest at the briefing today will be Georg Charpentier, who is the Humanitarian and Resident Coordinator in the Republic of the Congo -- and you know I'm talking about Congo-Brazzaville.

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PRESS CONFERENCE ON REPUBLIC OF CONGO

An alarming aspect of the crises in the Republic of the Congo had been the enrolment of approximately 15,000 youths in military action and a lack of funds to reintegrate them into civilian life, the Humanitarian and Resident Coordinator for the Republic of the Congo told correspondents this afternoon at a Headquarters press conference.