Stephane Dujarric Reports Quotations

We've seen those press reports this morning. For now the letter that we have is the one we've received yesterday and that is all we have and we are studying that letter. But we have not received any other communication from them.

This was a highly audited and supervised program, but these reports should not be seen as a final conclusion on how the program was run -- a highly complex program done in difficult circumstances.

The secretary-general is concerned about the confrontation developing in Nepal. He is also troubled by reports of a large number of arrests of government opponents.

The UN operation in (Ivory Coast) today reports continued protests against the recommendations by the International Working Group that the parliament be dissolved.