The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today's non briefing by Fred Eckhard, Spokesman for the Secretary-General.
** Sierra Leone
In the end, actions would mean much more than the words that countries had been fighting over for the last four weeks, correspondents were told at a Headquarters press conference this morning, sponsored by the Department for Disarmament Affairs.
The following is a near-verbatim transcript of todays noon briefing by Fred Eckhard, Spokesman for the Secretary-General.
**Sierra Leone
The following is a near-verbatim transcript of todays noon briefing by Fred Eckhard, Spokesman for the Secretary-General.
Good afternoon. A computer crashed today. That's my excuse for the delay.
**Lebanon
Following month-long exhausting negotiations, agreement had been reached on the final document of the 2000 Review Conference of Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), Conference President Abdallah Baali (Algeria) told correspondents at a Headquarters press conference this morning.
The following is a near-verbatim transcript of todays noon briefing by Fred Eckhard, Spokesman for the Secretary-General, and Shirley Brownell, Spokeswoman for the President of the General Assembly.
**Lebanon
Following its forced removal as a legitimate member of the Peace Implementation Council on Bosnia and Herzegovina. Yugoslavia would not consider itself bound by any decisions taken by the Council, a representative of the Yugoslav Mission to the United Nations told correspondents this morning at a Headquarters press conference.
