Note to Correspondents

‘AFTERWARDS, IT’S JUST A PART OF YOU’ EXHIBITION OPENS

 

AT UN HEADQUARTERS ON 18 JANUARY

 

In commemoration of the sixtieth anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, an exhibition entitled “Afterwards, it’s just a part of you” opens to the public in the South Gallery of the General Assembly Visitors’ Lobby on Tuesday, 18 January 2005.

DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG PRAISES STAFF FOR DONATING FUNDS

 

TO HELP STRICKEN COMMUNITIES

 

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GENEVA, 17 January -- Following are the remarks addressed by Sergei Ordzhonikidze, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG), at a ceremony at the Palais des Nations today marking the handover of donations raised by the Staff Coordinating Council:

KOBE MARKS 10-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF DEVASTATING EARTHQUAKE

 

ON EVE OF WORLD CONFERENCE ON DISASTER REDUCTION

 

(Reissued as received.)

experts meet in kobe, japan, tomorrow to discuss means to mitigate

 

devastation caused by natural hazards

World Conference on Disaster Reduction to Hold Special Session on Tsunami

(Reissued as received.)

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION ELECTS CHAIRPERSON, OTHER OFFICERS OF 2005 SESSION

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GENEVA, 17 January -- The United Nations Commission on Human Rights met today to elect the officers of its upcoming session, choosing Makarim Wibisono of Indonesia as its next Chairperson.

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

671^st & 672^nd Meetings (AM & PM)

women’s anti-discrimination committee takes up reports of paraguay

 

Domestic Violence, Sexual Exploitation, Human Trafficking Discussed

NEW ISSUE OF TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATIONS JOURNAL PUBLISHED

 

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SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS PALESTINIAN TERROR ATTACK ON ISRAELI CIVILIANS

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

The Secretary-General condemns the Palestinian terror attack that caused the death of six Israeli civilians and injury to four others at the Karni crossing between Israel and the Gaza Strip yesterday evening.  He wishes to express his deepest condolences to the families of those killed and injured.

Committee on NGOS

15^th & 16^th Meetings (AM & PM)

Committee on ngos concludes current session, recommending consultative status

 

with ecosoc for two organizations, deferring applications of two others

Finishing Two Days Ahead of Schedule, Committee Recommended

Consultative Status for Total of 85 NGOs, Deferred 46 Applications

RUMOURS OF UNSAFE FISH IN TSUNAMI ZONE UNFOUNDED,

 

NO INCREASED RISK OF FISH-BORNE DISEASES

 

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ROME, 14 January (FAO) -- There is no evidence that fish- and seafood-borne illnesses have increased in Asian countries hit by the tsunami, according to a new Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) assessment.