PRESS CONFERENCE ON FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT

With the rapid advance of global interdependence, problems of poverty and underdevelopment had become global problems for which the world must exercise global responsibility, Ernesto Zedillo, former President of Mexico and Chairman of the Secretary-General’s High-Level Panel on Financing for Development, told correspondents this afternoon at a Headquarters press conference to launch the Panel's report.

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.

You are all busy with the events of the morning, so I'm going to start with that.

**Second Term

HEADQUARTERS PRESS CONFERENCE BY AFRICAN AMBASSADORS TASK FORCE

Secretary-General Kofi Annan's unanimous reappointment by the Security Council, six months before his first term expired, was an unprecedented honour, Ambassador Roble Olhaye of Djibouti, Chair of the African Ambassadors Task Force, told correspondents at a Headquarters press conference this morning. 

PRESS CONFERENCE BY FOREIGN MINISTRY UNDER-SECRETARY OF IRAQ

Iraq was being given a proposal that looked sweet, but its substance was poisonous, Under-Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iraq, Riyadh Al-Qaysi, told correspondents at a Headquarters press conference this afternoon, as he responded to questions about the proposed changes to the sanctions regime against his country.

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.

      Good afternoon.

**Secretary-General's Travels

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.

**Noon Guest

PRESS BRIEFING ON SMALL ARMS 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.

**Security Council

PRESS BRIEFING BY UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS

The following is a statement by Jean-Marie Guéhenno, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, at a Headquarters press briefing this afternoon on the Israeli request for information regarding the 7 October 2000 abduction of three Israeli soldiers in south Lebanon:

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 Fred Eckhard, Spokesman for the Secretary-General.

Good afternoon.

**SG Addresses OAU Summit