press briefing by chairman of Security Council counter-terrorism committee

Press conference by Côte d’Ivoire

 

Reacting to the announcement on “Radio France Internationale” that France had introduced a draft resolution in the Security Council with a view to “toughening” the arms embargo imposed on his country, Cote d’Ivoire’s permanent representative to the United Nations, Philippe Djangone-Bi, said his country could not remain indifferent.

Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesman for the Secretary-General

Following is a near-verbatim transcript of today’s noon briefing by Marie Okabe, Associate Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Good morning.

**Liberation

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL

Following is a near-verbatim transcript of today’s noon briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Associate Spokesman for the Secretary-General.

Good afternoon. 

**Tsunami Update

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL

AND SPOKESMAN FOR THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT

Following is a near-verbatim transcript of today’s noon briefing by Fred Eckhard, Spokesman for the Secretary-General, and Djibril Diallo, Spokesman for the General Assembly President.

Spokesman for the Secretary-General

Good afternoon,

**SG - GA Special Session

Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesman for the Secretary-General

 

And spokesman for the General Assembly president

Following is a near-verbatim transcript of today’s noon briefing by Fred Eckhard, Spokesman for the Secretary-General, and Djibril Diallo, Spokesman for the General Assembly President.

Spokesman for the Secretary-General

Good afternoon.

**Iraq

PRESS BRIEFING LAUNCHING REPORT ‘WORLD ECONOMIC SITUATION AND PROSPECTS’

Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesman for the Secretary-General

 

And spokesman for the general assembly president

Following is a near-verbatim transcript of today’s noon briefing by Fred Eckhard, Spokesman for the Secretary-General.

Good afternoon.

**Guest at Noon Briefing

Press Briefing ON ELECTORAL ASSISTANCE ON IRAQ

 

With Iraq’s first free elections in nearly half a century just days away, the head of the United Nations Political Affairs office denounced the ongoing threats of violence and intimidation targeting voters and election workers as unjustifiable and “just plain wrong”, and encouraged all Iraqis to exercise their democratic rights so that political transition could finally begin in their war-torn country.

PRESS BRIEFING ON TSUNAMI RELIEF EFFORT

One month after the biggest earthquake in 40 years had affected 12 countries thousands of miles of ocean apart, United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator Jan Egeland said today at Headquarters that the humanitarian response had been “remarkably, perhaps singularly, effective, swift and muscular”.