Humanitarian factsheet on Lebanon

 

The following has been prepared by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA):

-- 1,187 dead and 4,060 wounded (Lebanese Higher Relief Council (HRC)).

Security Council

5516^th Meeting (AM)

Security Council press statement on Burundi

 

The following statement to the press was made today by Security Council President Nana Effah-Appenteng ( Ghana):

Ad Hoc Committee on Convention

on Persons with Disabilities

20^th Meeting (PM)

Ad Hoc Committee Agrees on New UN Convention to protect disabled persons’ rights

Text to Be Sent for Approval to General Assembly Session Beginning in September

(Issued on 28 August 2006.)

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS IAN MARTIN OF UNITED KINGDOM AS HIS PERSONAL

REPRESENTATIVE IN NEPAL FOR SUPPORT TO PEACE PROCESS

 

The Secretary-General has decided to appoint Ian Martin ( United Kingdom) as his Personal Representative in Nepal for support to the peace process.

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

755^th Meeting (PM)

women’s anti-discrimination committee makes recommendations on promotion,

protection of rights in 15 countries as it concludes session

Experts Dealt with Challenging Volume of Work,

Secretary-General, encouraged by requests for United Nations assistance,

appoints new personal representative for Nepal

 

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

DISABILITY CONVENTION COMMITTEE STRUGGLES TO CONCLUDE TREATY

The General Assembly Ad Hoc Committee finalizing the first Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today spent most of the morning in informal consultations, trying to resolve some of the most controversial issues.

Humanitarian Factsheet on Lebanon

 

The following has been prepared by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA):

-- 1,183 dead and 4,059 wounded (Lebanese Higher Relief Council (HRC)).

SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE UPDATES LIST OF those SUBJECT TO MEASURES IMPOSED BY

RESOLUTION 1596 (2005) concerning Democratic Republic of Congo