[Incorporates briefing by UNICEF Representative for Sierra Leone]
Fred Eckhard, Spokesman for the Secretary-General, began today's briefing by welcoming Henryk Sokalski (Poland), Special Representative of the Secretary-General, and Chief of Mission for the United Nations Preventive Deployment Force (UNPREDEP), who was present to talk to correspondents about that mission. [Mr. Sokalski's briefing is being issued separately.]
Fred Eckhard, Spokesman for the Secretary-General, began today's noon briefing by welcoming William Lee, Chief of the New York Liaison Office of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNWRA), who would address correspondents following the briefing.
Fred Eckhard, Spokesman for the Secretary-General, told correspondent's at today's press briefing that Under-Secretary-General Iqbal Riza had briefed the Security Council this morning on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Juan Carlos Brandt, Associate Spokesman for the Secretary-General, told correspondents at today's press briefing that the Security Council was holding consultations on the situation in the Central African Republic.
