Committee on NGOs

5^th & 6^th Meetings (AM & PM)

Twenty-two more ngos recommended for consultative status

 

with Economic and Social Council

 

TAMPERE CONVENTION:  SAVING LIVES THROUGH EMERGENCY TELECOMMUNICATIONS

(Reissued as received.)

UNITED NATIONS FLASH APPEAL LAUNCHED IN JAKARTA

 

(Delayed in transmission.)

JAKARTA, 6 January (OCHA) -- Today, the United Nations and its partners launched a Flash Appeal to respond to the urgent and immediate needs of the communities severely affected by the earthquake and tsunami that hit coastal areas in India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Maldives, as well as Myanmar, Seychelles, and Somalia, on 26 December 2004.

PROSECUTOR RECEIVES REFERRAL CONCERNING CENTRALAFRICANREPUBLIC

 

(Reissued as received.)

DESERT LOCUST:  FAO RECOMMENDS CONTINUING CONTROL ACTIONS, VIGILANCE

Twelve Million Treated Since Beginning of Upsurge

(Reissued as received.)

ROME, 7 January (FAO) -- Despite recent improvements, the desert locust situation remains serious in Western Africa where vigilance and intensive control operations are still needed, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

IN JAKARTA, SECRETARY-GENERAL LAUNCHES APPEAL FOR $977 MILLION

 

TO AID TSUNAMI VICTIMS

 

PRESS STATEMENT ON CENTRALAFRICANREPUBLIC BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is today’s statement to the press on the Central African Republic by Security Council President César Mayoral (Argentina):

Committee on NGOs

3^rd & 4^th Meetings (AM & PM)

ngo committee recommends 12 organizations for consultative status

 

with ecosoc, defers 10 applications

The Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) today recommended 12 NGOs for consultative status with the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and deferred 10 applications.

FAO CALLS FOR $26 MILLION TO HELP TSUNAMI VICTIMS

 

Many Millions of Farmers, Fisher Folk in Coastal Areas Affected by Disaster

(Reissued as received.)

TSUNAMI DISASTER:  UNFPA APPEALS TO DONORS FOR $28 MILLION FOR WOMEN AND YOUTH

(Reissued as received.)

NEW YORK, 5 January (UNFPA) -- The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), is requesting approximately $28 million from donors to help meet urgent health, hygiene and protection needs for women and youth in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, and the Maldives, the three countries hardest hit by last week’s catastrophic earthquake and tsunami.