DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

6 July 1999



Press Briefing

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

19990706

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 are hoping to have as our guest Alvaro de Soto who is in the Security Council. If he finishes there on time, he will brief you on East Timor here. Otherwise, that briefing would be at the stakeout.

PRESS BRIEFING ON UNITED NATIONS INTER-AGENCY MISSION TO SOLOMON ISLANDS

7 July 1999



Press Briefing

PRESS BRIEFING ON UNITED NATIONS INTER-AGENCY MISSION TO SOLOMON ISLANDS

19990707

Kevin M. Kennedy, Chief of the Emergency Liaison Branch of the Office of the Coordinator of Humanitarian Affairs, this morning briefed correspondents at Headquarters on the activities of a recent United Nations inter-agency mission to Solomon Islands.

PRESS CONFERENCE BY WORLD GOLD COUNCIL

8 July 1999



Press Briefing

PRESS CONFERENCE BY WORLD GOLD COUNCIL

19990708

A proposal for the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to sell some of its gold holdings to finance debt relief of poor countries was flawed and should be abandoned, George Milling-Stanley of the World Gold Council, said this morning at a Headquarters press conference that was sponsored by the Permanent Mission of Ghana to the United Nations.

PRESS BRIEFING ON DECISION BY ARBITRAL TRIBUNAL IN COMMERCIAL DISPUTE BETWEEN UNITED NATIONS AND SKYLINK AVIATION

9 July 1999



Press Briefing

PRESS BRIEFING ON DECISION BY ARBITRAL TRIBUNAL IN COMMERCIAL DISPUTE BETWEEN UNITED NATIONS AND SKYLINK AVIATION

19990709

An arbitral tribunal today issued its decision in favour of the United Nations in a commercial dispute between the Organization and the Canadian company, SkyLink Aviation, Inc., Bruce Rashkow, Director, General Legal Division, Office of Legal Affairs, told correspondents at a Headquarters press briefing.