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, and Jan Fischer, Spokesman for the President of the General Assembly.

**Secretary-General’s Report on Millennium Declaration

Good afternoon.

HEADQUARTERS PRESS BRIEFING BY SPECIAL ADVISER TO SECRETARY-GENERAL

In a briefing at Headquarters today, Michael Doyle, Special Adviser to the Secretary-General, stressed that Member States of the United Nations, the private sector, non-governmental organizations and civil society were all responsible for achieving goals laid down in the Millenium Summit over the next 15 years.

PRESS BRIEFING BY FORMER SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR EAST TIMOR

Ian Martin, the former Special Representative of the Secretary-General for East Timor (UNAMET), told correspondents this afternoon at a Headquarters press briefing that the free elections held in the country on 30 August occurred two years to the day after the East Timorese voted for independence.  This time, he noted, the ballots were cast without the threat of imminent violence.

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, and Jan Fischer, Spokesman for the President of the General Assembly.

**Briefing by the Spokesman for the Secretary-General

**Terrorism

Good afternoon.

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, and Jan Fischer, Spokesman for the President of the General Assembly.

Briefing by the Spokesman for the Secretary-General 

Good afternoon.

**Secretary-General at General Assembly

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, and Jan Fischer, Spokesman for the President of the General Assembly.

Good afternoon. 

PRESS BRIEFING BY UN EMERGENCY RELIEF COORDINATOR

The United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Kenzo Oshima, briefing correspondents at a Headquarters press briefing this afternoon, said the events following the

11 September terrorist attack in New York were likely to aggravate the already dire humanitarian situation in Afghanistan and had potential regional ramifications.

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, and Jan Fischer, Spokesman for the President of the General Assembly.

Briefing by the Spokesman for the Secretary-General

Good afternoon.

PRESS CONFERENCE BY ITALIAN MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS

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, and Jan Fischer, Spokesman for the President of the General Assembly.

Good afternoon.

**Afghanistan