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 afternoon.

**Secretary-General in Madrid

Press conference on commission for africa report

 

The Commission for Africa Report, which was launched today in New York, London and Addis Ababa, calls Africa’s poverty “the greatest tragedy of our time” and says the developed world has a “moral duty” to assist the continent.

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 Fred Eckhard, Spokesman for the Secretary-General.

Good afternoon.

**Guest at Noon

PRESS BRIEFING BY EMERGENCY RELIEF COORDINATOR

 

Price Waterhouse Coopers’ Global Advisory chief today joined United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator Jan Egeland to announce that the accounting giant would help the world body monitor nearly $1 billion to victims of the Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, and set up a Web site to allow people to track how the money is spent.

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 Fred Eckhard, Spokesman for the Secretary-General.

Good afternoon,

**SG in Israel

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 Fred Eckhard, Spokesman for the Secretary-General.

Good afternoon.

**Statement Attributable to the Spokesman of the Secretary-General

We’ll start with a statement attributable to the Spokesman regarding Iraq:

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 Fred Eckhard, Spokesman for the Secretary-General.

Good afternoon.

**Statement Attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General

Press briefing by Special Envoy Terje Roed-Larsen

 

Following his meeting with United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan, Terje Roed-Larsen told correspondents at a Headquarters press briefing this afternoon that the Secretary-General expected the full withdrawal of all Syrian troops, including the intelligence apparatus and military assets, to take place before the Lebanese parliamentary elections.

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 Fred Eckhard, Spokesman for the Secretary-General.

Good afternoon,

**Visiting Journalism Students/Journalists

First, I’d like to welcome our guests from New YorkUniversityJournalismSchool, and journalists from Eastern Europe.  It’s nice to have you here.

**Guest at Noon

PRESS BRIEFING BY SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR BURUNDI

“Without sounding overly positive ... Burundi is well on track in its very long ongoing peace process”, Carolyn McAskie, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Burundi, told correspondents this afternoon at Headquarters.