The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today's noon briefing by Manoel de Almeida e Silva, Deputy Spokesman for the Secretary-General.
**Secretary General
World No Tobacco Day was the only global event dedicated to calling worldwide attention to the tobacco epidemic, Dr. David Kessler, Dean, Yale University School of Medicine and former Commissioner of the United States Food and Drug Administration, told correspondents this morning at a Headquarters press conference given by the Coalition for World No Tobacco Day.
The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today's noon briefing by Manoel de Almeida e Silva, Deputy Spokesman for the Secretary-General.
**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.
**Noon Briefing Guest
Fighting and war in Angola had resulted in 1.6 million displaced people, said Francesco Strippoli, United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator for that country, in a press briefing today at Headquarters.
The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today's noon briefing by Manoel de Almeida e Silva, Deputy Spokesman for the Secretary-General.
**Noon Briefing Guest
There would be no re-negotiation of the Copenhagen Agreement, John Langmore, Director of the Division for Social Policy and Development in the Department of Economic and Social Affairs, told correspondents at a Headquarters press conference this afternoon.
The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today's noon briefing by the Spokesman for the Secretary-General, Fred Eckhard.
**India/Pakistan
The Secretary-General spoke to the Prime Ministers of both India and Pakistan over the long weekend and is encouraged that they have agreed to meet to discuss the Kashmir issue.
The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today's noon briefing by the Spokesman for the Secretary-General, Fred Eckhard.
**Secretary-General to Meet Pope
The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today's noon briefing by the Spokesman for the Secretary-General, Fred Eckhard.
Good afternoon.
**Kosovo
