The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today's noon briefing by the Spokesman for the Secretary-General, Fred Eckhard.
**Kosovo
The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today's noon briefing by the Spokesman for the Secretary-General, Fred Eckhard.
**Kosovo
Lena Poulsen, Technical Adviser in the Office to Combat Desertification and Drought of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) briefed correspondents at Headquarters today in preparation for the World Day to Combat Desertification, to be observed on 17 June.
The use of the Internet for sexual abuse of children and paedophilia was a problem of international proportions touching every social class in all regions of the world, Homayra Sellier, president of Innocence in Danger, said this morning at a Headquarters press conference sponsored by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today's noon briefing by the Spokesman for the Secretary-General, Fred Eckhard.
**Kosovo
Good afternoon. I've got a news encyclopedia to read. Sorry. The less staff I have, the more they produce. First on Kosovo, which is still dominating the news.
The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today's noon briefing by the Spokesman for the Secretary-General, Fred Eckhard.
**Kosovo
The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today's noon briefing by the Spokesman for the Secretary-General, Fred Eckhard.
**Breaking Event
The independent inquiry into United Nations actions before and during the 1994 Rwanda genocide hoped to draw conclusions about why the event had occurred, who was responsible, and how lessons learned from it could prevent it from happening again, correspondents were told 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.
**Secretary-General's Appointments
The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today's noon briefing by the Spokesman for the Secretary-General, Fred Eckhard.
Good afternoon. I'd like to welcome to the briefing, Sharon Capeling- Alakija who is the Executive Coordinator of the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) and she will brief you on the UNVs role in East Timor.
**Kosovo
