International Monetary Fund (IMF) lending dropped very sharply in fiscal year 2000 as a result of calmer conditions in emerging markets and rapid improvements in several crisis countries, David Cheney, Chief of the Editorial Division, External Relations Department, IMF, told correspondents this morning at a Headquarters press briefing.
The following is a near-verbatim transcript of todays 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
**Secretary-General Awaits Yugoslav Election Results
Briefing by Spokesman for Secretary-General
Good afternoon. The guest at todays briefing will be Alvaro de Soto, the Secretary-Generals Special Advisor on Cyprus. And hell brief you on the latest round of Cyprus proximity talks, which, as you know, concluded this morning.
A qualitative step forward had taken place in the latest round of Cyprus proximity talks that had just ended, and another round had been scheduled from 1 to 10 November in Geneva, Alvaro de Soto , Special Adviser to the Secretary- General on Cyprus, said at a Headquarters press briefing this afternoon.
The following is a near-verbatim transcript of todays 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
**Statement on Yugoslav Election
The United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) would be able to ensure that upcoming municipal elections in Kosovo were fair and democratic, Bernard Kouchner, the Secretary-Generals Special Representative and head of UNMIK, told correspondents at a Headquarters press briefing this afternoon.
The following is a near-verbatim transcript of todays 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
**Guinea
Richard H. Stanley, President of the Stanley Foundation, met with correspondents at a Headquarters press conference yesterday afternoon to introduce and expand on the Foundation's latest report, "Problems and Prospects for Humanitarian Intervention." The press conference was sponsored by the United Kingdom.
The following is a near-verbatim transcript of todays 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
We will let you know when Nelson Mandela comes to the stake-out in case you want to rush out.
Considerable progress had been made in several areas of children's conditions and rights, but setbacks in other areas were raising concern, correspondents were told this afternoon at a Headquarters press briefing given on the tenth anniversary of the 1990 World Summit for Children.
