HUMANITARIAN EFFORT LAUNCHED FOR INDONESIA FLOOD VICTIMS

NEW YORK, 4 November (OCHA) -- The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs has deployed a two-person team to the Langkat district of North Sumatra, Indonesia.  The team will help local authorities coordinate emergency response, assess needs and plan assistance in response to the flash floods that hit the area in recent days.

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Third Committee

32^nd Meeting (PM)

SOCIAL COMMITTEE HEARS FROM COUNTRIES HOSTING REFUGEE POPULATIONS

OF EFFORTS AT REPATRIATION, DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE

More Aid from International Community, Regional

Organizations Called For; Also Strengthened Role for UNHCR

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Sixth Committee

21^st Meeting (AM)

NECESSARY MEASURES TO PROTECT UNITED NATIONS AND HUMANITARIAN

WORKERS ARE URGED BY GENERAL ASSEMBLY’S LEGAL COMMITTEE

Text Is among Four Approved from Law Commission Report; Others Address

Teaching of International Law, Jurisdictional Immunities, Global Economic Order

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Second Committee

Keynote Address

“The Development Dimensions of Crisis

 and Post-Conflict Management”

INCREASED FUNDING, IMMEDIATE ACTION VITAL FOR POST-CONFLICT

DEVELOPMENT, AGENCY CHIEF TELLS SECOND COMMITTEE

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

First Committee

21^st Meeting (PM)

RISK OF PROLIFERATION, UNAUTHORIZED USE OF ‘NON-STRATEGIC’ NUCLEAR WEAPONS

ADDRESSED IN ONE OF FIVE TEXTS APPROVED BY DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE

Other Drafts Concern ‘Towards a Nuclear-Weapon-Free World’,

Confidence-Building, African Nuclear Treaty, Central African Security

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

15^th Meeting (AM)

PERFORMANCE-BASED PAY SYSTEM, HAZARD PAY INCREASE FOR LOCAL STAFF

AMONG ISSUES RAISED, AS FIFTH COMMITTEE DEBATE CONTINUES

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Plenary

54^th & 55^th Meetings (AM & PM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY, FOR TWELFTH STRAIGHT YEAR, ADOPTS TEXT ON NECESSITY

OF ENDING UNITED STATES EMBARGO AGAINST CUBA

Also Adopts Text on IAEA Report by Recorded Vote

2003 UN Pledging Conference

for Development Activities

PM Meeting

2003 PLEDGING CONFERENCE FOR UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES

SEES 15 MEMBER STATES ANNOUNCE CONTRIBUTIONS, ELECT OFFICIALS

Fifteen Member States pledged their contributions in support of United Nations development activities and elected pledging officials during this afternoon’s annual Pledging Conference for Development Activities.

Biographical Note

NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF BOLIVIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

Ernesto Araníbar Quiroga, the new Permanent Representative of Bolivia to the United Nations, presented his credentials today to Secretary-General, Kofi Annan.

THOUSANDS DISPLACED AS NEW FIGHTING ERUPTS BETWEEN CONGOLESE

MILITIA AND RWANDAN REBEL GROUP

NEW YORK, 4 November (OCHA) -- Fighting that erupted on Friday between the Mayi-Mayi militia and a Rwandan rebel group in South Kivu Province, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, has resulted in the displacement of thousands of civilians.