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.

**Guest at Noon

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.

**Guest at Noon

Joining us today is Dr. Ian Smith, Adviser to the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), who will present the World Health Report 2005, on this World Health Day.

PRESS BRIEFING ON HIV/AIDS, POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT

 

PRESS BRIEFING ON WORLD HEALTH REPORT 2005

 

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 de la Riviere, Associate Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Good afternoon.

Starting off with the Secretary-General’s activities.

**Secretary-General in Rome

Press briefing on sustainable development commission

 

The challenges before the Commission on Sustainable Development were of great importance for the international community, particularly in terms of achieving the Millennium Development Goals and for the broader development agenda agreed in United Nations conferences, José Antonio Ocampo,
Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, said at Headquarters this morning.

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 Stephane Dujarric, Associate Spokesman for the Secretary-General.

Good afternoon.

If I could ask any of you if you have cell phones to please turn them off, because they interfere with the PA system here.

**Secretary-General-Oslo

PRESS BRIEFING ON NUCLEAR TERRORISM CONVENTION

 

Nicolas Michel, Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs and United Nations Legal Counsel, this afternoon stressed the importance of the General Assembly’s adoption, tomorrow, of the draft International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism.

PRESS BRIEFING ON SECURITY COUNCIL MISSION TO HAITI

 

The United Nations Security Council will visit Haiti from 13 to 16 April, in an attempt to demonstrate its support for the creation of a secure and stable environment there, as well as assess the country’s long-term needs, the Permanent Representative of Brazil, Ronaldo Mota Sardenberg, told correspondents at a UN Headquarters briefing this afternoon. 

PRESS CONFERENCE BY CÔTE D’IVOIRE

 

The recent signing of the Pretoria Agreement on the Peace Process in Côte d’Ivoire under the mediation of South African President Thabo Mbeki represented a historic breakthrough in Côte d’Ivoire’s prospects for peace and stability, correspondents were told at a Headquarters press conference today.