The following is a near verbatim transcript of today's noon briefing by Manoel de Almeida e Silva, Deputy Spokesman for the Secretary-General.
**Statement Attributable to Spokesman on Democratic Republic of Congo
The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today's noon briefing by Fred Eckhard, Spokesman for the Secretary-General.
Good afternoon. It's nice to be back. A special thank you to my Deputy Manoel and the skeleton team from my office who filled in so well while I was away.
There had been many positive developments in Kosovo, and Kosovars, in conjunction with international organizations, were working together for progress in the province, Hashim Thaci, the Albanian leader of the Democratic Party in Kosovo and a member of the Interim Administrative Council of Kosovo, told correspondents at a Headquarters press conference this afternoon.
The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today's noon briefing by Fred Eckhard, Spokesman for the Secretary-General.
Good afternoon. Well, the critical mass in the room is due to the visiting journalists from Russia, Moldova, Kazakhstan and Ukraine. Welcome to the United Nations.
The "massive armed attack" by the Kosovo Force (KFOR) against the Trepca mines in the northern part of Kosovo was unprecedented, the interim Chargé d'affaires of the Permanent Mission of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia to the United Nations told correspondents this morning at a Headquarters press conference.
The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today's noon briefing by Fred Eckhard, Spokesman for the Secretary-General.
Good afternoon.
**UNHCR Suspends Aid Work in West Timor after Attack on UN Staff
The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today's noon briefing by Fred Eckhard, Spokesman for the Secretary-General.
Good afternoon. I'm sorry for the delay, but we had the Millennium Summit briefing at 11:15 that ran long.
**Annabi Briefs Security Council on Recent Developments in Kosovo
The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today's noon briefing by Fred Eckhard, Spokesman for the Secretary-General.
Good afternoon. I see we have low turnout today.
**Libyan Defence Team Requests Release of Secretary-General's 1999 Letter on Lockerbie Incident
The Legal Counsel for the United Nations, Hans Corell, fielded questions from correspondents at a Headquarters press conference this afternoon on the release today of a letter from Secretary-General Kofi Annan addressed to Libyan leader Muammar Qadhafi.
The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today's noon briefing by Fred Eckhard, Spokesman for the Secretary-General.
**Sierra Leone
