DISABILITY CONVENTION committee NEGOTIATIONS STRUGGLE

 

TO ADDRESS CONTROVERSIAL ARTICLES

 

SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE REMOVES ONE INDIVIDUAL FROM CONSOLIDATED LIST; APPROVES

CHANGE OF INFORMATION REGARDING FIVE INDIVIDUALS IN AL-QAIDA SECTION

 

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)).

General Assembly committee drafting disability convention encounters difficulties

The General Assembly Committee drafting the first-ever Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities was facing a number of difficulties today, as delegations began to tackle some of the most controversial issues.

Secretary-General ‘deeply concerned’ about recent developments in Burundi,

including reports of possible coup plot

 

The following statement was issued on 22 August by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

Secretary-General urges dialogue to ease tensions in Congolese capital

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

Humanitarian Factsheet on Lebanon

 

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

-- 1,184 dead and 4,059 wounded (Lebanese Higher Relief Council (HRC)).

United Nations AIDS ECUADOR IN WAKE OF VOLCANIC ERUPTION

NEW YORK, 23 August, (OCHA) -- The United Nations is assisting the Government of Ecuador to respond to the needs created by the recent eruption of the Tungurahua volcano.

Security Council press statement on Democratic Republic of Congo

 

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

Security Council

5515^th Meeting (AM)

In briefing to Security Council, Under-Secretary-General calls for revival

of ‘credible political process’ towards middle east peace

 

Twenty-Eight Speakers Address Council on Issues