PRESS BRIEFING BY HOUSING MINISTER OF TUNISIA

The objective of shelter for all had been realized in Tunisia as of the year 2000, Slaheddine Belaid, Tunisian Minister of Equipment and Housing and Chairperson of the Thematic Committee of the twenty-fifth special session of the General Assembly on implementation of the outcome of the second United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II), said this morning at a Headquarters press briefing.

PRESS BRIEFING ON HABITAT SPECIAL SESSION

The General Assembly’s special session had stimulated a successful international dialogue on how to further implement the Habitat Agenda adopted five years ago in Istanbul, Anna Tibaijuka, Executive Director of the United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat), told correspondents at a Headquarters press briefing this afternoon.

PRESS CONFERENCE BY NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS

The 1996 Habitat Agenda -- adopted at the United Nations Conference on Human Settlements in Istanbul -- had provided a platform for grass-roots women to push for the issues they cared about, Jan Peterson, Chair of the Secretariat of the Huairou Commission, told correspondents this afternoon at a Headquarters press conference.

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE 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, Spokesperson for the President of the General Assembly.

**Deputy Spokesman for the Secretary-General

PRESS BRIEFING BY CO-CHAIRS OF COMMISSION ON HUMAN SECURITY

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

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE 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, Spokesperson for the President of the General Assembly.

**Deputy Spokesman for the Secretary-General

Good afternoon.  Not very late today, only five minutes.  And we just got news from Cairo.

PRESS CONFERENCE BY COALITION TO STOP USE OF CHILD SOLDIERS

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE 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.

**Secretary-General’s trip to the Middle East

Good afternoon.  I am going to start with the Secretary-General’s mission.

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE 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.

**Secretary-General's visit to the Middle East.

Good afternoon.  I am going to start with the Secretary-General's mission to the Middle East.

The Secretary-General has just left Aqaba, Jordan, where he met with