United Nations Holds Workshop on Space-Based Monitoring, Protection of Environment

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SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON LIBERIA UPDATES TRAVEL BAN LIST

On 25 August 2004, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1521 (2003) concerning Liberia decided to add the following three individuals to the list of persons subject to the travel restrictions imposed by paragraph 4 (a) of resolution 1521 (2003) (the Travel Ban List):

Mr. Martin George

Ms. Grace Minor

Mr. Edwin Snowe

Secretary-General welcomes efforts to find peace in najaf, iraq

 

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

UN Appeals for More Funds to Meet Most Urgent Humanitarian Needs in Sudan

KHARTOUM/GENEVA, 25 August (OCHA) -- The UN today warned that $434 million out of $722 million are still required to respond to Sudan’s most urgent humanitarian needs through the end of the year. 

Bureau of Palestinian rights committee issues statement concerning

hunger strike in Israeli detention facilities

The Bureau of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People issued the following statement concerning the hunger strike of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli detention facilities on 24 August:

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PRESS STATEMENT ON SUDAN BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is today’s press statement on the Sudan by Security Council President Andrey Denisov (Russian Federation):

On 24 August, members of the Security Council received a briefing from Assistant Secretary-General, Tuliameni Kalomoh, on the situation in the Darfur region of Sudan.

Secretary-General calls on Israel to cease west bank settlement expansion

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

New UNEP report warns of threats to unique Arctic ecosystem

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STAVANGER/NAIROBI, 24 August (UNEP) -- Overfishing of cod and haddock, nuclear waste storage, the invasion of the red king crab and a projected six-fold increase in oil and gas transportation are some of the issues threatening the unique Barents Sea Arctic ecosystem, scientists are warning.

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