The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today's noon briefing by Manoel Almeida e Silva, Deputy Spokesman for the Secretary-General.
**Sierra Leone
The Security Council and the Sierra Leone Sanctions Committee were now ready to go far beyond what the Angola Sanctions Committee had already done, Anwarul Chowdhury, Permanent Representative of Bangladesh and Chairman of the Sierra Leone Sanctions Committee, told correspondents this afternoon at a Headquarters press briefing.
The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today's noon briefing by Manoel Almeida e Silva, Deputy Spokesman for the Secretary- General.
**East Timor
The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today's noon briefing by Manoel Almeida e Silva, Deputy Spokesman for the Secretary-General.
Good afternoon. We have a slow day today -- a short briefing -- which may be good news on a summer afternoon.
**Security Council Consultations
The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today's noon briefing by Manoel Almeida e Silva, Deputy Spokesman for the Secretary-General.
**Lebanon
The following is a near verbatim transcript of today's noon briefing by Manoel Almeida e Silva, Deputy Spokesman for the Secretary-General.
We have another slow day reflecting the summer. I will start with Lebanon.
**Lebanon
The following is a near verbatim transcript of today's noon briefing by Manoel Almeida e Silva, Deputy Spokesman for the Secretary- General.
**Lebanon
The following is a near verbatim transcript of today's noon briefing by Manoel Almeida e Silva, Deputy Spokesman for the Secretary-General.
Good afternoon. Another summer day in New York and another short briefing.
**Lebanon
The following is a near verbatim transcript of today's noon briefing by Manoel de Almeida e Silva, Deputy Spokesman for the Secretary-General.
**Ethiopia and Eritrea Report
