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.

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