DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESPERSON FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL

The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today’s noon briefing by Marie Okabe, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Good afternoon.

**Secretary-General in South Africa

Security Council Press Statement on Somalia

 

The following Security Council press statement was read out today by Council President Yukio Takasu ( Japan):

Commission on Sustainable Development

Intergovernmental Preparatory Meeting

5^th & 6^th Meetings (AM & PM)

Peacebuilding Commission

Organizational Committee

3^rd Meeting (AM)

JOHN MCNEE OF CANADA ELECTED CHAIR OF PEACEBUILDING COMMISSION’S

COUNTRY-SPECIFIC CONFIGURATION ON SIERRA LEONE

 

Applauds Country’s Tremendous Progress, Warns Serious Challenges Remain;

Commission on Sustainable Development

Intergovernmental Preparatory Meeting

3^rd & 4^th Meetings (AM & PM)

INTERGOVERNMENTAL PREPARATORY MEETING HOLDS TWO PANEL DISCUSSIONS

IN CONSIDERATION OF AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT

 

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES RELEASE OF PRISONERS BY GOVERNMENT OF SUDAN AS CONCRETE

STEP IN ONGOING EFFORTS TO NEGOTIATE PEACEFUL SETTLEMENT IN DARFUR

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

PRESS CONFERENCE ON INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION AGAINST IMPUNITY IN GUATEMALA

Special Committee on

Peacekeeping Operations

208^th & 209^th Meetings (AM & PM)

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESPERSON FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL

The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today’s noon briefing by Marie Okabe, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Good afternoon.

**Guest Today

Special Committee on

Peacekeeping Operations

206^th & 207^th Meetings (AM & PM)