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Noon Briefings


21/05/2004
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.


**Guest at Noon


Our guest today is going to be Catherine Bertini, the Under-Secretary-General for Management.  She will be here to talk to you about the Organization’s financial situation.

19/05/2004
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.


**Security Council


The Security Council began its work today with the quarterly briefing on Iraq by the United States and the United Kingdom, in compliance with resolution 1483.

18/05/2004
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.


**Brahimi


The Secretary-General’s Special Adviser, Lakhdar Brahimi, this morning attended the funeral of Ezz el-Din Salim, the head of the Iraqi Governing Council who was assassinated yesterday.

17/05/2004
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 regarding the assassination that took place today in Baghdad:

14/05/2004
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’re going to start with a statement attributable to the Spokesman on the subject of Myanmar.

13/05/2004
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 Stephane Dujarric, Associate Spokesman for the Secretary-General.


Good afternoon.


**Secretary-General Letter to Sudanese President


The Secretary-General has written to Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir regarding the situation in Darfur, Sudan.

12/05/2004
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 -- Brahimi


The Secretary-General’s Special Adviser, Lakhdar Brahimi, continued to meet a wide spectrum of Iraqi civil society today.