PRESS STATEMENT ON CENTRALAFRICANREPUBLIC BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is today’s statement to the press on the Central African Republic by Security Council President César Mayoral (Argentina):

TSUNAMI DISASTER:  UNFPA APPEALS TO DONORS FOR $28 MILLION FOR WOMEN AND YOUTH

(Reissued as received.)

NEW YORK, 5 January (UNFPA) -- The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), is requesting approximately $28 million from donors to help meet urgent health, hygiene and protection needs for women and youth in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, and the Maldives, the three countries hardest hit by last week’s catastrophic earthquake and tsunami.

CLIMATE CHANGE, OVERFISHING AMONG KEYISSUESFORPACIFICISLANDS

 

Pollution-busting Measures Needed to Protect

Coral Reefs; Coastal Fish Stocks Already Depleted

(Reissued as received.)

IN JAKARTA, SECRETARY-GENERAL LAUNCHES APPEAL FOR $977 MILLION

 

TO AID TSUNAMI VICTIMS

 

Sea, Land-based Pollution among Key Environment Threats To CaribbeanIslands

Experts Call for Boost in Port

Waste-Handling Facilities, Improved Recycling Schemes

(Reissued as received.)

Committee on NGOs

3^rd & 4^th Meetings (AM & PM)

ngo committee recommends 12 organizations for consultative status

 

with ecosoc, defers 10 applications

The Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) today recommended 12 NGOs for consultative status with the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and deferred 10 applications.

FAO CALLS FOR $26 MILLION TO HELP TSUNAMI VICTIMS

 

Many Millions of Farmers, Fisher Folk in Coastal Areas Affected by Disaster

(Reissued as received.)

MAURITIUS CONFERENCE ON SMALLISLANDS, 10–14 JANUARY,

 

TO ADDRESS BETTER DISASTER PREPAREDNESS

 

UNFPA CALLS FOR GREATER SECURITY FOR WOMEN AFFECTED BY TSUNAMI

Agency Says Fear of Violence Can Inhibit Women from Caring for Families

(Reissued as received.)

NEW YORK, 5 January (UNFPA) -- Increased security and better design of humanitarian assistance are urgently needed to minimize attacks on women in areas affected by last week’s earthquake and tsunami in the Indian Ocean, warns UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund.

UN STAFF UNION DONATES $100,000 TO AID VICTIMS OF INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI

 

NEW YORK, 5 January (UN Staff Union) -- On 4 January 2005, the United Nations Staff Council met for the first time in the new year in a special session to discuss their contribution to the relief effort to aid victims of the earthquake and tsunami that has caused massive casualties of more than 150,000 and unprecedented damage throughout 11 countries along the coast of the Indian Ocean.