Meetings Coverage and Press Releases

In progress at UNHQ

Noon Briefings

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

22 January 1997



Press Briefing

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

19970122 FOR INFORMATION OF UNITED NATIONS SECRETARIAT ONLY

Fred Eckhard, Acting Spokesman for the Secretary-General, began today's noon briefing by informing correspondents that Secretary-General Kofi Annan was deeply disturbed by reports of a fresh round of killing in the Ruhengeri district of northern Rwanda. Twenty villagers had reportedly been murdered by armed gangs.

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

15 January 1997



Press Briefing

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

19970115 FOR INFORMATION OF UNITED NATIONS SECRETARIAT ONLY

Fred Eckhard, Acting Spokesman for the Secretary-General, began today's noon briefing by announcing that the Secretary-General warmly congratulated the leaders who concluded the Hebron agreement yesterday, as well as those who worked so hard to support the negotiating effort. He then read out the following statement, which was issued this morning:

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

14 January 1997



Press Briefing

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

19970114 FOR INFORMATION OF UNITED NATIONS SECRETARIAT ONLY

Fred Eckhard, Acting Spokesman for the Secretary-General, began today's noon briefing by announcing that United Nations security and other United Nations staff had worked all through the night to inspect a backlog of some 80,000 pieces of mail. By midnight, they had found two more live letter-bombs, making a total of four collected throughout the day.

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

10 January 1997



Press Briefing

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING OF OFFICE OF SPOKESMAN FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL

19970110 FOR INFORMATION OF UNITED NATIONS SECRETARIAT ONLY

Fred Eckhard, Acting Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan, began today's noon briefing by reading out the following statement: