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AFR/957-IHA/915

UN EMERGENCY COORDINATOR SAYS $80-$100 MILLION STILL NEEDED FOR DARFUR, FOLLOWING GENEVA DONORS MEETING

04/06/2004
Press Release
AFR/957
IHA/915


Un emergency coordinator says $80-$100 MILLION STILL needed


FOR DARFUR, following geneva donors meeting


Geneva, 4 June (OCHA) -- Yesterday, the United Nations and key humanitarian organizations met with representatives of 36 countries, including the Government of the Sudan, and representatives of the African Union, European Union, and the League of Arab States.

SG/SM/9343

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS MURDER OF FIVE AID WORKERS IN AFGHANISTAN

03/06/2004
Press Release
SG/SM/9343

Secretary-General condemns murder of five aid workers in Afghanistan


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


The Secretary-General was distressed and angered to learn of the cold-blooded killing yesterday of five staff of Médecins sans Frontières on the road between Khairkhana and Qala-I-Naw, Badghis province, Afghanistan.

SEA/1802

ASSEMBLY CONTINUES DISCUSSION OF REPORT; POSTPONES ACTION ON SEABED AUTHORITY’S BUDGET TO TOMORROW

03/06/2004
Press Release
SEA/1802

ASSEMBLY CONTINUES DISCUSSION OF REPORT; POSTPONES


ACTION ON seabed AUTHORITY’S BUDGET TO TOMORROW

(Reissued as received.)


KINGSTON, 2 June (International Seabed Authority) -- The Assembly of the International Seabed Authority, on the eve of its final Kingston session, this afternoon completed consideration of the report of Secretary-General

Satya N. Nandan, deferring action on the Authority’s budget to enable one delegation to consult its Government.