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.  Our guest today will be Mr. Kohona, the Chief of the Office of Legal Affairs Treaty Section, who is here to brief you on the treaties that will be highlighted at the 2005 signature and ratification event during the upcoming September Summit.

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.

**High Commissioner for Refugees Nominated

PRESS BRIEFING BY HEAD OF UN INVESTIGATION INTO ASSASSINATION

OF FORMER LEBANESE PRIME MINISTER

Press conference by SIERRA LEONE COURT PRESIDENT

 

With the Special Court for Sierra Leone about to end its first mandate at the end of 2005, it faced several challenges that needed to be addressed, including those of funding, security and cooperation in the transfer of indictees, the President of the Court told correspondents at a Headquarters press conference today.

PRESS CONFERENCE ON NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY

 

If more people were aware of the very serious nuclear risk, they would not tolerate what was going on right now in the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference, former United States Secretary of Defence, Robert McNamara, said today at a Headquarters briefing just days before the Treaty review’s conclusion.

PRESS CONFERENCE ON SPORT FOR DEVELOPMENT AND PEACE

 

Fun, collaborative, healthy and relatively inexpensive, sport was also an immensely powerful tool for social development and the development of values, be it in wealthy nations, or impoverished or conflict countries, correspondents were told at a Headquarters press conference this afternoon.

PRESS BRIEFING BY UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR PEACEKEEPING

 

ON SUPPORT FOR AFRICAN UNION FORCE IN SUDAN

While the situation in Darfur continued to be unacceptable, it had stabilized in areas where African Union troops were deployed, Jean-Marie Guéhenno, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, told correspondents at Headquarters this afternoon.

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.

**European Union Development Boost

Good afternoon.  Starting off with a statement from the Secretary-General:

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.

**Secretary-General

NGO PRESS BRIEFING ON NPT REVIEW CONFERENCE

 

Some nations, particularly the United States, seemed to have no desire for the Review Conference on the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) to succeed, preferring to argue over procedure rather than hold substantive discussions, Susi Snyder, the Secretary-General of the International Women’s League for Peace and Freedom, told journalists at a Headquarters briefing today.