At this meeting, the Security Council will hear a briefing by Mr. Kieran Prendergast, Under Secretary General for Political Affairs.

However, one opposition party, the National Restoration Party, criticized the CDDR for staging the meeting and press briefing on foreign soil.

As from the 4973rd meeting, held on 20 May 2004, the wording of the item Briefing by Mr. Ruud Lubbers, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees was revised to read Briefing by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees .

Briefing for new Commission participants

At this meeting the Security Council will hear a briefing my Mr. Jan Egeland, Under Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator.

At this meeting, the Security Council will hear a briefing by Mr. Kieran Prendergast, Under Secretary General for Political Affairs, on whom I now call.

At this meeting, the Security Council will hear a briefing by Mr. Kieran Prendergast, Under Secretary General for Political Affairs, to whom I give the floor.

At this meeting, the Security Council will first hear a briefing by Mr. Alan Doss, Principal Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General for Côte d'Ivoire.

At this meeting the Security Council will hear a briefing by Mr. Ibrahim Gambari, Under Secretary General for Political Affairs, to whom I give the floor.

Briefing by the United Nations Commissioner for Refugees.

At this meeting, the Security Council will hear a briefing by Judge Emanuel Ayoola, President of the Special Court for Sierra Leone, to whom I give the floor.

At this meeting, the Security Council will hear a briefing by Mr. Luis Moreno Ocampo, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court.

At this meeting, the Security Council will hear a briefing by Mr. Luis Moreno Ocampo, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court.

The President I thank Ambassador Schori for his briefing.

The President I thank Mr. Prendergast for his briefing.

The President I thank Mr. Egeland for his briefing.

The President I thank Judge Procar for his briefing.

The President I thank Judge Møse for his briefing.

The President I thank Ambassador Løj for her briefing.

The President I thank Ambassador Motoc for his briefing.

The President I thank Mr. Pronk for his briefing.

The President I thank Judge Ayoola for his briefing.

As from the 4964th meeting, held on 7 May 2004, the wording of the item Briefing by His Excellency Mr. Mircea Geoana, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Romania, Chairman in Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe was revised to read Briefing by the Chairman in Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe .

At this meeting, the Security Council will hear a briefing by Mr. Jan Pronk, Special Representative of the Secretary General for the Sudan and head of the peace support operation.

At this meeting, the Security Council will hear a briefing by Mr. Alvaro de Soto, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and Personal Representative of the Secretary General.

I thank him for a comprehensive, interesting and encouraging briefing.

The President I thank Mr. Prendergast for his comprehensive briefing.

The President I thank Ms. Del Ponte for her briefing.

The President I thank Mr. Doss for his valuable briefing.

For example, the EU s foreign ministers should invite their Ukrainian counterpart to give a briefing on Ukraine Russia relations at their next meeting. Ukraine should be offered a road map for visa free travel.

Pre session briefing

On 13 January, the Council held an open meeting at which the Under Secretary General for Political Affairs, Kieran Prendergast, gave his regular briefing on the situation in the Middle East.

At this meeting, the Security Council will hear a briefing by His Excellency Mr. Dimitrij Rupel, Chairman in Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Slovenia.

Briefing by Mrs. Sadako Ogata, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.

I also wish to thank Ambassador Valdés for his comprehensive briefing.

The briefing is ongoing.

At this meeting, the Security Council will hear a briefing by Mrs. Anne Patterson, representative of the United States, on behalf of the multinational force.

Let me also welcome the presence at this meeting of the Special Representative of the Secretary General, Mr. Søren Jessen Petersen, and thank him for his excellent briefing on the situation in Kosovo.

At this meeting, the Security Council will hear a briefing by Mr. Jan Pronk, Special Representative of the Secretary General for the Sudan and Head of the United Nations Mission in the Sudan.

We are grateful also to Under Secretary General Abe for his briefing.

The President (spoke in Chinese) I thank Mr. Qazi for his briefing.

The President (spoke in French) I thank Mr. Prendergast for his briefing.

The President (spoke in Chinese) I thank Ambassador Sardenberg for his briefing.

Informal briefing (closed) by the Under Secretary General for Management on procurement

I, too, am grateful to Mr. Alvaro de Soto for his briefing.