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PRESS BRIEFING BY UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

As the coordinator of the United Nations system at the country level, its arm for development and its main advocacy tool, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) was going to play the largest role in the implementation of the Millennium Declaration, Associate Administrator Zephirin Diabre told correspondents this afternoon at a Headquarters press briefing.

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PRESS CONFERENCE BY CHAIRMAN OF ANGOLA SANCTIONS MONITORING MECHANISM

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PRESS CONFERENCE BY CHAIRMEN OF ANGOLA AND SIERRA LEONE SANCTIONS BODIES

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PRESS CONFERENCE BY PRESIDENT OF CROATIA

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DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today’s noon briefing by Fred Eckhard, Spokesman for the Secretary-General, and Susan Markham, Spokeswoman for the President of the General Assembly.

Briefing by Spokesman for Secretary-General

Good afternoon.

**Secretary-General Opens General Assembly Plenary

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PRESS BRIEFING BY SECRETARY-GENERAL'S SPECIAL ADVISOR ON CYPRUS

Secretary-General Kofi Annan has said that he believes the time had now come for the parties to the Cyprus problem to "move ahead" with meaningful negotiations leading to a comprehensive settlement.

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PRESS CONFERENCE BY FOREIGN MINISTER OF AUSTRIA

The lifting of the European Union sanctions on Austria was a victory for reason and for Europe, Benita Ferrero-Waldner, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Austria, told correspondents at a Headquarters press conference this afternoon.

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DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL

The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today’s noon briefing by Fred Eckhard, Spokesman for the Secretary-General, and Susan Markham, Spokeswoman for the President of the General Assembly.

Briefing by Spokesman for Secretary-General

Good afternoon.

**United Nations Begins Deployment in Ethiopia and Eritrea

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PRESS CONFERENCE BY EUROPEAN UNION

The European Union should no longer be seen as merely a group of countries with a large financial capacity, but as a protagonist in the areas of foreign policy, diplomacy, defence policy and particularly all aspects of international peacekeeping operations, correspondents were told at a Headquarters press briefing this afternoon.

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PRESS CONFERENCE BY FOREIGN MINISTER OF ITALY