Transcript of press conference by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Frechette

 

at United Nations Headquarters, 13 January 2005

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES GENEROUS PLEDGES FOR TSUNAMI RELIEF,

 

URGES ESTABLISHMENT OF REGIONAL EARLY WARNING MECHANISM

 

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

Biographical Note

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS LIEUTENANT-GENERAL JOSEPH OWONIBI (NIGERIA)

AS FORCE COMMANDER OF THE UNITED NATIONS MISSION IN LIBERIA

 

The Secretary-General has appointed Lieutenant-General Joseph Olorungbon Owonibi of Nigeria as Force Commander of the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL).

Security Council

5110^th Meeting (AM & PM)

In Presidential Statement, Security Council pledges support

 

for un presence in Haiti for ‘as long as necessary’

Council Expresses Concern about Disarmament, Security Situations

In Country; Voices Intention to Organize Mission to Haiti before 1 June

Committee on NGOS

11^th & 12^th Meetings (AM & PM)

ngo committee recommends nine organizations for consultative status

with Economic and Social Council, postpones six applications

Delegates Take Note of Three Quadrennial Reports, Defers Action on Three Others

UN EMERGENCY RELIEF COORDINATOR URGES DONORS TO PROVIDE

 

CASH URGENTLY FOR TSUNAMI RELIEF EFFORTS

 

(Reissued as received.)

DISASTER SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM WOULD HAVE PREVENTED MASS DEATH TOLL, SAYS ESCAP

(Reissued as received.)

BUILDING SMALL ISLAND CAPACITY TO WITHSTAND ECONOMIC, ENVIRONMENTAL SHOCKS

FOCUS OF PANEL AT UN MAURITIUS CONFERENCE

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

Committee on Elimination of

 Discrimination against Women

667^th & 668^th Meetings (AM & PM)

Women’s anti-discrimination committee considers report of algeria

 

Committee Members Call for Further Action by Government to Achieve Gender Equality

WORLD FDI FLOWS GREW AN ESTIMATED 6 PER CENT IN 2004, ENDING DOWNTURN

(Reissued as received.)