Juan Carlos Brandt, Deputy Spokesman for the Secretary-General, began today's briefing by reading out the following statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General:
Juan Carlos Brandt, Deputy Spokesman for the Secretary-General, began today's briefing by wishing correspondents a happy and prosperous 1998 on behalf of the Secretary-General, the Office of the Spokesman and the Department of Public Information (DPI).
Fred Eckhard, Spokesman for the Secretary-General, opened today's press briefing by stating that there was no meeting of the Security Council today.
Fred Eckhard, the Spokesman for the Secretary-General, began today's noon briefing by reading the following statement:
Hiro Ueki, Associate Spokesman for the Secretary-General, began today's briefing by announcing that the Secretary-General had transmitted to the Security Council the report by the two legal experts he had sent to examine the Scottish legal system in connection with the 1988 bombing of a Pan Am airliner over Lockerbie, Scotland.
Hiro Ueki, Associate Spokesman for the Secretary-General, began today's press briefing by responding to queries received over the weekend on the "oil- for-food" programme, under which Iraqi oil can be sold to purchase humanitarian goods.
(Incorporates briefing by spokesman for General Assembly President.)
(Incorporates briefing by spokesman for General Assembly President)
