In progress at UNHQ

Noon Briefings


10/08/2004
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.


**Venezuela


We have the following statement attributable to the Spokesman regarding the Venezuela referendum.

06/08/2004
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.


**Secretary-General


As you may or may not know, the Secretary-General is going to start a vacation this weekend.  He will be gone for a few weeks, and all of us will breathe easier.


** Iraq

02/08/2004
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.


**Accra Agreement on Côte d’Ivoire


Just before midnight on Friday, at an African summit in Accra, Ghana, the Ivorian parties one by one signed an agreement to relaunch the peace process in the divided country.

30/07/2004
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 Marie Okabe, Associate Spokesman for the Secretary-General.


Good afternoon.


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


I’ll start with a statement attributable to the Spokesman on the resolution just adopted by the Security Council on the situation in Darfur:

29/07/2004
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 Marie Okabe, Associate Spokesman for the Secretary-General.


Good afternoon.


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