The Charge d'affaires of the Permanent Mission of Rwanda, Pierre Emmanuel Ubalijoro, told correspondents at a Headquarters press conference this afternoon that the commemoration of the third anniversary of the Rwandese genocide began officially today.
The Security Council Committee monitoring sanctions against Iraq yesterday approved a list of priorities concerning food and medicine for that country, Committee Chairman Antonio Victor Martins Monteiro (Portugal) told correspondents at a press briefing Monday evening.
European Union Commissioner, Emma Bonino, responsible for the management of the European Union's Humanitarian Office, Fisheries and Consumer Policy, told correspondents at a Headquarters press conference this morning, that the European Union had agreed to the necessity of protecting the delivery of its humanitarian aid in Albania.
At a press briefing yesterday afternoon, correspondents were told that the Security Council Committee established under resolution 661 (1990) to monitor the sanctions against Iraq had approved 34 out of 56 applications that had been submitted to it by the Secretariat, which had received a total of 324 applications.
