{"id":203315,"date":"2005-03-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T18:33:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=203315"},"modified":"2019-03-12T18:33:01","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T18:33:01","slug":"auto-insert-203315","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-203315\/","title":{"rendered":"SecGen leaves Israel\/Lebanon investigation group on way back &#8211; Noon Briefing &#8211; Spokesman&#8217;s Office (excerpts)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<hr height=\"5px\" \/>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;padding-top:14px;font-size:14pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>HIGHLIGHTS OF THE SPOKESMAN&#39;S NOON BRIEFING<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;padding-top:11px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>BY FRED ECKHARD<br \/>\nSPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;padding-top:11px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>UN HEADQUARTERS, NEW YORK<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;padding-top:11px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Wednesday, March 16, 2005<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-top:11px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">&#8230;<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;padding-top:11px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">&#160;<strong>ANNAN ENDS VISIT TO MIDDLE EAST VISIT AMID RENEWED HOPE FOR PEACE<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<li style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">The Secretary-General has left Israel, and is on his way back to New York.<br \/>\n&#160; <\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align:left;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">Last night, the Secretary-General wrapped up his trip in Israel at a dinner hosted by President Moshe Katsav, and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unispal.un.org\/pdfs\/D01A50AB0529491A85256FC60067D4C4.pdf\" style=\"color:#0000ff;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">said<\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">that the inauguration earlier that day of the Holocaust History Museum at Yad Vashem had been well-timed, coming at a time of renewed hope for peace in the Middle East.<br \/>\n&#160; <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">The ceremony, he added, also occurs as Israel and the Â鶹APP continue to build a new relationship. &#8220;There is a sense that Israel and the Â鶹APP have rediscovered each other,&#8221; he said.<br \/>\n&#160; <\/li>\n<li style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">Before dinner, the Secretary-General met with the Speaker of the Knesset, Reuven Rivlin.&#160; The Speaker shared with the Secretary-General his views on the peace process between Israelis and Palestinians. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;padding-top:11px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">&#160;<strong>U.N. TEAM ON HARIRI KILLING IS ON ITS WAY BACK TO NEW YORK<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<li style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">The team headed by Peter Fitzgerald that was to examine the circumstances, causes and consequences of the killing of former Prime Minister Rafic Hariri has finished its inquiry. <br \/>\n&#160; <\/li>\n<li style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">The team left Lebanon this morning, and members of the team are expected to arrive in New York on Thursday. 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