Humanitarian Factsheet on Lebanon, Occupied Palestinian Territory

The following has been prepared by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs to reflect the situation as of 8 August:

Lebanon

Humanitarian Priorities

OPENing 12^TH SESSION, ISA FILLS TWO VACANCIES ON FINANCE COMMITTEE

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

Security Council

5505^th Meeting (AM)

IN PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT, SECURITY COUNCIL STRESSES NEED FOR SPEEDY IMPLEMENTATION

OF VOTER IDENTIFICATION PROGRAMME IN CÔTE D’IVOIRE

Condemns Violence by Organized Groups, Obstructions

Background Release                                         

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

738^th Meeting (AM)

EMERGENCY RELIEF COORDINATOR CONDEMNS KILLING OF AID WORKERS IN SRI LANKA

NEW YORK, 7 August (OCHA) -- Jan Egeland, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, today deplored the recent killing of 17 Sri Lankan aid workers in the north-eastern town of Muttur, Sri Lanka.

HUMANITARIAN EFFORTS IN DARFUR JEOPARDIZED BY AID WORKERS’ DEATHS

SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ADDS ONE INDIVIDUAL, ONE ENTITY

 

TO AL-QAIDA SECTIONS OF CONSOLIDATED LIST

 

The Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee on 4 August 2006 approved the addition of one individual and one entity to its consolidated list (Al-Qaida sections).

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC’S WORK TO REACH ANTI-POVERTY GOALS INSPIRATION TO INTERNATIONAL

COMMUNITY, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN SANTO DOMINGO ADDRESS

 

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS ON POLICE OFFICERS IN HAITI TO SHOW ‘STRONG SPIRIT

OF PATRIOTISM AND UNITY IN THE FACE OF ALL TRIALS’