Humanitarian issues


AFR/1032-IHA/948
22/09/2004
Press Release
AFR/1032
IHA/948

OCHA WELCOMES LIBERIA’S SIGNIFICANT STEPS TO PROTECT ITS CITIZENS


NEW YORK, 22 September (UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs) -- Today, Mr Charles Gyude Bryant, the Chairman of the National Transitional Government of Liberia (NTGL) will take the historic action of signing, ratifying and acceding to 17 protocols and conventions, which provide for the protection of civilians.

IHA/945
20/09/2004
Press Release
IHA/945

UN AIDS JAMAICA, GRENADA IN AFTERMATH OF HURRICANES


NEW YORK, 20 September (OCHA) -- In Grenada and Jamaica, United Nations agencies are rushing to meet emergency needs created by hurricanes that devastated the Caribbean last week.