ECOSOC ADOPTS RESOLUTION ON COORDINATION OF UN EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE

AS IT CONCLUDES HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS SEGMENT

Text Addresses Humanitarian Developments,

Challenges; Transition from Relief to Development

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[OCHA]

LIBERIA:  GREAT HUMANITARIAN NEEDS REMAIN THOUGH MONROVIA RELATIVELY CALM

ECOSOC CONTINUES GENERAL DISCUSSION UNDER ITS HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS SEGMENT

Importance of Increased, Balanced Funding for Humanitarian Assistance Stressed;

Praise for Incorporation of HIV/AIDS Programming in Humanitarian Strategies Voiced

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UN SEMINAR ON ASSISTANCE TO PALESTINIAN PEOPLE HOLDS PANEL

ON PRIORITIES FOR HUMANITARIAN AND ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE

Economic Progress Impossible Without Political Progress, Experts Say

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UNITED NATIONS SEMINAR ON ASSISTANCE TO PALESTINIAN PEOPLE OPENS

Speakers Say That Economic Peace, Prosperity Are Only

Way Forward; Stress Need for Integrated Economic Aspect to ‘Road Map’

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Secretary-General Kofi Annan left New York for Washington early in the morning of Monday, 14 July.

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

626^th & 627^th Meetings (AM & PM)

WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE URGES MOROCCO TO ELIMINATE STEREOTYPES,

RECONCILE HUMAN RIGHTS OBLIGATIONS WITH ISLAMIC LAW, CULTURE AND TRADITIONS

PRESS STATEMENT ON CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is today’s press statement on the Central African Republic by Security Council President Inocencio F. Arias (Spain):

KABUL HOSPITAL REBUILT BY UNFPA NOW PROVIDES LIFESAVING OBSTETRIC CARE

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KABUL, 14 July (UNFPA) -- Mothers and infants in north-west Kabul have a far better chance of surviving childbirth, following the inauguration today of a modern hospital rebuilt and refurbished with support from the Government of Italy and UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund.

UNITED NATIONS, REGIONAL GROUP COOPERATE AGAINST DRUG AND CRIME FLOW

FROM WEST AND CENTRAL ASIA

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VIENNA, 15 July (UN Information Service) -- The Secretary-General of the Economic Cooperation Organization  (ECO), Ambassador Seyed Mojtaba Arastou from Iran, paid a visit on Monday to the Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Antonio Maria Costa.