GENEVA/NEW YORK, 27 October (Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs) - The United Nations today launched the Consolidated Inter-Agency Appeal for the East Timor Crisis, requesting $199 million to meet the urgent humanitarian needs of affected populations through June 2000.
The following statement was issued today by the Office of the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
Among Others, Texts Also Address South-Eastern Europe, Indian Ocean, Disarmament and Development, Environmental Norms
The Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People recommended this afternoon that the General Assembly welcome the impending celebration in Bethlehem of the birth of Jesus Christ as a symbol of the shared hope for peace among all peoples of the world.
Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annans address today to the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) introducing the proposed United Nations programme budget for the biennium 2000-2001:
Assembly President Expresses Condolences to Government And People of Armenia For Assassinations in Parliamentary Chamber
Also Hears from World Court Delegation, Receives Draft Resolution on Impact of Sanctions on Neighbouring States
Following is the statement of the President of the General Assembly, Theo Ben-Gurirab (Namibia), to the Assemblys commemoration of the thirtieth anniversary of the operations of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), in New York on 27 October:
