In progress at UNHQ

Noon Briefings


10/01/2005
Press Briefing

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 Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.


**Independent Inquiry Committee


Some comments on the internal audits that were released yesterday by the Volcker panel:

06/01/2005
Press Briefing

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.


**Tsunami Update – Egeland


Starting the briefing for us today is Jan Egeland, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, here to give us our daily update on the tsunami assistance.

04/01/2005
Press Briefing

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 and a Happy New Year to you all.


**Guest at Noon

23/12/2004
Press Briefing

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,


**Iraq –- Electoral Update


In Iraq, the list of candidates for the upcoming elections is still being processed.  So far, the names of almost 19,000 candidates have been presented.

22/12/2004
Press Briefing

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,


Vacation started early.  Sorry, I am a little bit late.  We’ll start with Iraq.


**Iraq

20/12/2004
Press Briefing

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 Spokesman for Secretary-General


We’ll start with a statement attributable to the Spokesman on the subject of Iraq: