STATEMENT BY UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION COMMISSION

 

(Reissued as received.)

TSUNAMI RELIEF EFFORT:  ADOLF OGI CALLS WORLD OF SPORT TO COORDINATED ACTION

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 10 January (UN Information Service) -- Adolf Ogi, the Special Adviser to the United Nations Secretary-General on Sport for Development and Peace, has issued a call for coordinated action to the sports world in response to the recent Indian Ocean tsunami on behalf of the United Nations system.

HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS, GUATEMALA

 

SIGN ACCORD TO OPEN OFFICE IN COUNTRY

 

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 10 January (OHCHR) -- The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) is set to establish an expanded presence in Guatemala later this year, according to the terms of an agreement signed today in New York with the Government of the Central American nation.

UN-HABITAT RESPONDS TO TSUNAMI FLASH APPEAL

 

(Reissued as received.)

UN CONFERENCE ON SMALL ISLAND STATES OPENS IN MAURITIUS WITH FOCUS

ON THEIR CONTINUED ECONOMIC, ENVIRONMENTAL VULNERABILITY

 

Early Warning System for Indian Ocean,

Impact of Climate Change among Issues Raised on First Day

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE TO MEET FROM 10 TO 28 JANUARY

Will Examine Reports of Algeria, Croatia, Gabon, Italy,

Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Paraguay, Samoa, Turkey

UNODC BURKINA FASO OFFER CUTTING-EDGE TOOLS TO FIGHT ORGANIZED CRIME AND TERRORISM

(Reissued as received.)

During a stopover in Frankfurt, Germany, en route to Jakarta, Indonesia, the Secretary-General was asked by CNN what was going “right” in the massive relief effort under way to assist the victims of the 26 December earthquake and resulting tsunami, or tidal wave, that affected countries from Indonesia to Somalia.

MARK KROEKER OF UNITED STATES APPOINTED CIVILIAN POLICE ADVISER

IN PEACKEEPING DEPARTMENT

The Secretary-General today announced the appointment of Mark Kroeker of the United States as the new Civilian Police Adviser in the Department of Peacekeeping Operations.

MAJOR-GENERAL RANDHIR KUMAR MEHTA OF INDIA APPOINTED

MILITARY ADVISER IN PEACEKEEPING DEPARTMENT