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Noon Briefings


16 October 1998



Press Briefing

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

19981016

Hiro Ueki, Associate Spokesman for the Secretary-General, began today's noon briefing by saying he was standing in for the Spokesman Fred Eckhard, who was in Washington, D.C., with the Secretary-General. More would be said about the Secretary-General's one-day programme in Washington later.

14 October 1998



Press Briefing

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

19981014

Fred Eckhard, Spokesman for the Secretary-General, began today's noon briefing by welcoming the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunals for both the Former Yugoslavia and Rwanda, Louise Arbour. (Ms. Arbour's briefing on the Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia is being issued separately.)

13 October 1998



Press Briefing

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

19981013

Fred Eckhard, Spokesman for the Secretary-General, began today's noon briefing by announcing that the Secretary-General had warmly welcomed the news of a breakthrough in efforts to end the Kosovo crisis.

12 October 1998



Press Briefing

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

19981012

Fred Eckhard, Spokesman for the Secretary-General, began today's noon briefing by welcoming the Director of the Division of Public Affairs at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Djibril Diallo. Mr. Diallo would brief correspondents on events related to the observance of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, occurring on Saturday, 17 October.

7 October 1998



Press Briefing

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

19981007

Fred Eckhard, Spokesman for the Secretary-General, began today's noon briefing by welcoming the Under-Secretary-General for Management, Joseph Connor, who would brief correspondents on the Organization's financial situation. (Mr. Connor's briefing has been issued separately.)