Background Release

 

COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD TO HOLD THIRTY-EIGHTH SESSION

IN GENEVA FROM 10 TO 28 JANUARY 2005

 

Situation of Child Rights in Sweden, Albania, Luxembourg,

Austria, Belize, Bahamas, Iran, Nigeria, Togo and Bolivia to Be Considered

Sea, Land-based Pollution among Key Environment Threats To CaribbeanIslands

Experts Call for Boost in Port

Waste-Handling Facilities, Improved Recycling Schemes

(Reissued as received.)

CLIMATE CHANGE, OVERFISHING AMONG KEYISSUESFORPACIFICISLANDS

 

Pollution-busting Measures Needed to Protect

Coral Reefs; Coastal Fish Stocks Already Depleted

(Reissued as received.)

WATER SHORTAGES, GLOBAL WARMING RISKSFORINDIAN OCEANISLANDS

 

Tidal Wave Early-Warning System Urgently Needed to Reduce Vulnerability

(Reissued as received.)

NATURAL, MAN-MADE DISASTERS THREATEN STABILITY OF SMALLISLAND DEVELOPING STATES

(Reissued as received.)

LONDON/NAIROBI, 6 January (UNEP) -- Vulnerability to natural and man-made disasters including tsunamis and cyclones is among a range of emerging issues challenging the health and wealth of the world’s small island developing States.

INTERNATIONAL DATA CENTRE OF PREPARATORY COMMISSION FOR CTBTO

IN VIENNA RECORDED SUMATRA EARTHQUAKE DATA

 

(Reissued as received.)

CHAIRPERSONS, VICE-CHAIRPERSONS OF SECURITY COUNCIL

 

SUBSIDIARY BODIES ELECTED FOR 2005

 

UNFPA CALLS FOR GREATER SECURITY FOR WOMEN AFFECTED BY TSUNAMI

Agency Says Fear of Violence Can Inhibit Women from Caring for Families

(Reissued as received.)

NEW YORK, 5 January (UNFPA) -- Increased security and better design of humanitarian assistance are urgently needed to minimize attacks on women in areas affected by last week’s earthquake and tsunami in the Indian Ocean, warns UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund.

UN STAFF UNION DONATES $100,000 TO AID VICTIMS OF INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI

 

NEW YORK, 5 January (UN Staff Union) -- On 4 January 2005, the United Nations Staff Council met for the first time in the new year in a special session to discuss their contribution to the relief effort to aid victims of the earthquake and tsunami that has caused massive casualties of more than 150,000 and unprecedented damage throughout 11 countries along the coast of the Indian Ocean.

Committee on NGOS

1^st & 2^nd Meetings (AM & PM)