But critically, they're briefed about the rules of the game in separate rooms.

We have been briefed about the Uniting for Consensus draft resolution, and we have been informed of the African Group's decision, as well as a few variations of the same.

The working group has benefited greatly from the views and suggestions of those who have graciously briefed it and also from those who have briefed the other committees, particularly the CTC.

The Security Council will be briefed on developments in late April 2005.

Non members of the Security Council have the right to be well briefed about the work of the Council, and their views should be reflected in the report during the drafting exercise.

It briefed them on its visits to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Burundi.

The Committee will be briefed by Ms. Schöpp Schilling on the results of the meeting.

For example, the Chair and the rapporteur of the CGE briefed the members of the Expert Group on Technology Transfer (EGTT), at its meeting in December 2004 in Buenos Aires, about the activities of the CGE.

And they came down on the side of open publication, which is the right approach we've briefed the White House, we've briefed members of Congress, we've tried to take and push the policy issues in parallel with the scientific advances.

The Acting Executive Chairman briefed the Commissioners on the activities of UNMOVIC since their last meeting.

The Assistant Secretary General, Danilo Turk, briefed the Council on new developments since the report was submitted.

In addition, the Council was briefed about the recently concluded World Food Summit held in Rome at the FAO and which had been attended by 6.600 people from 183 countries with 73 Heads of State and 1600 reporters present.

Mr. Wolfensohn briefed the Quartet principals on his first round of talks with the parties in the region.

The head of mission was also briefed on the efforts undertaken by MONUC and ONUB regarding child protection.

The Committee has met 10 times since I last briefed the Council. Half of those meetings were formal.

On 4 April, the President briefed the press on the work programme of the Council for this month.

Ms. Patterson briefed the Council on the efforts and progress of the Multinational Force in fulfilling its mandate.

As part of its efforts to enhance awareness about NHRIs, the NI Unit briefed the members of the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families at its first session, in March 2004.

The Minister was briefed by the police authorities on the strategic challenges that the police had been confronted with.

Mr. Annabi also briefed the Council on the latest development of disarmament and community reinsertion (DCR) programme in Ituri.

The Team has briefed CTED on its proposed document and information management system to which they too will have access.

The High Commissioner attended a later meeting with the mandate holders to be briefed on the outcome of their discussion.

Reports of special procedures should be put before the Council or it should be briefed by mandate holders, where appropriate.

The mission was briefed by United Nations agencies and non governmental organizations on the process thus far and the challenges faced.

On 27 January, the Under Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs, Jan Egeland, briefed the Council on the humanitarian situation in Africa.

5. The President of the General Assembly should continue to be briefed regularly by the President of the Security Council on the work of the Council. The President of the Assembly may wish to inform Member States about the substantive issues raised during these meetings.

On 25 January, during informal consultations, the Assistant Secretary General for Peacekeeping Operations briefed the Council on the situation in Côte d'Ivoire.

The Council has already been briefed on the assassination of George Hawi on 21 June, and I will not dwell on it.

In both locations, MINUSTAH and other United Nations staff briefed them on the political, security, human rights and socio economic situation of the area.

The Working Group convened 10 informal meetings in 2005 and was briefed by invited experts on different sanctions related issues at five of them.

IAMB has been briefed by a representative of the United States Department of Defense, who provided additional clarifications regarding the status of the audit.

Mr. Rock also briefed the Group on his participation at the Canadian Conference of the Haitian Diaspora, held in Montreal on 10 11 December 2004.

At the meeting with the working group on transition issues, the Group was briefed by Ms. Margareta Wahlstrom, Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator, returning from Burundi.

The mission briefed the President and Foreign Minister on the outcome of its visits to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi, Uganda and Rwanda.

The Office for Outer Space Affairs briefed the Meeting on its website on the coordination of outer space activities within the United Nations system (www.uncosa.unvienna.org).

The representatives of the Secretary General briefed the Advisory Committee on the current context and status of the operation following the events of November 2004.

My erstwhile colleague Kieran Prendergast last briefed the Council in June and announced that I would come this month to give members my first impressions .

The Acting Executive Chairman briefed the Commissioners on the activities of UNMOVIC since their last session and on the planned activities for the next quarter.

I am also pleased to welcome the presence of Ambassador Valdés, to whom I am particularly grateful for having briefed us on the situation in Haiti.

A representative of the Association briefed the Security Council on the potential roles of demobilized women in addressing HIV AIDS and supporting peacebuilding in their countries.

I have travelled to Nairobi twice in February and September 2005 and held meetings with senior Government officials, during which I briefed them fully on the situation.

In this framework, the Council was briefed by Jan Pronk, Special Representative of the Secretary General and head of the United Nations Advance Mission in the Sudan.

On 15 February, the Security Council was briefed at informal consultations on the situation between Ethiopia and Eritrea by Hédi Annabi, Assistant Secretary General for Peacekeeping Operations.

The report of the Commission (S 2005 60) has been placed before the Security Council, and I briefed the Council on the report on 16 February 2005.

The Council also noted that the Working Group should benefit from all available sanctions expertise, including by being briefed, on a case by case basis, by appropriate experts.