Press Briefing

PRESS BRIEFING BY INTER-AGENCY COORDINATOR ON INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS

Press Briefing

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

Okay. Good afternoon, don't have much of a voice today but let's see if it holds out.

Press Briefing

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

We’ll now start the regular briefing.

**Kosovo Elections

Press Briefing

PRESS BRIEFING BY SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR ETHIOPIA/ERITREA

At a Headquarters press briefing today, Secretary-General Kofi Annan introduced his new Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea, Legwaila Joseph Legwaila of Botswana.

Press Briefing

PRESS CONFERENCE ON FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT EVENT PREPARATORY COMMITTEE HEARINGS WITH NGOS

The world of finance had become a global gambling casino, where huge sums were bet around the clock, Robin Round, Regional Coordinator of the Halifax Initiative, a Canadian non-governmental organization (NGO), told correspondents at a Headquarters press conference this morning.

Press Briefing

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today’s noon briefing by Manoel de Almeida e Silva, Deputy Spokesman for the Secretary-General, and Susan Markham, Spokeswoman for the President of the General Assembly.

Briefing by Spokesman for Secretary-General

Press Briefing

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today's noon briefing by Manoel de Almeida e Silva, Deputy Spokesman for the Secretary-General, and Susan Markham, Spokeswoman for the President of the General Assembly.

Briefing by Spokesman for Secretary-General

Press Briefing

PRESS BRIEFING BY UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR INTERNAL OVERSIGHT SERVICES

In a "more or less coming of age", the United Nations Office of Internal Oversight Services had been accepted as an "agent of change", the Under- Secretary-General for International Oversight Services, Dileep Nair, told correspondents this afternoon at a Headquarters press conference.

Press Briefing

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today's noon briefing by Marie Okabe, Associate Spokeswoman for the Secretary-General, and Susan Markham, Spokeswoman for the President of the General Assembly.

Briefing by Associate Spokeswoman for Secretary-General

Press Briefing

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today's noon briefing by Marie Okabe, Associate Spokeswoman for the Secretary-General, and Susan Markham, Spokeswoman for the President of the General Assembly.

Briefing by Associate Spokeswoman for Secretary-General

**Secretary-General in Qatar