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REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
14 January 2005
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which provided information on the Secretary-General's activities in Mauritius, the tsunami relief effort, activities in New York and Geneva, human rights and other issues. Spokespersons for the World Health Organization, the Office for…
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UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION COMMISSION PAYS OUT $ 193.7 MILLION
13 January 2005
Press Release
The United Nations Compensation Commission has made available today a total of
$ 193,744,502.92 to 16 Governments and one office of international organizations for distribution to 329 successful claimants. Payment is being made in respect of 252 claims in category "D" (claims of individuals for damages above $ 100,000), 67 claims in category "E" (claims of corporations, other…
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NEW PERMANENT REPRSENTATIVE OF GABON PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG
13 January 2005
Presentation of Credentials
Patrice Tonda, the new Permanent Representative of Gabon to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Sergei Ordzhonikidze, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.
Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Tonda had served as Gabon's Ambassador to Senegal since 1996. He was concurrently…
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HIGHLIGHTS OF PRESS BRIEFING BY UN EMERGENCY RELIEF COORDINATOR BEFORE DONOR MEETING ON HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO TSUNAMI-AFFECTED COMMUNITIES
11 January 2005
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Jan Egeland, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and UN Emergency Relief Coordinator, updated correspondents today in Geneva on the massive relief effort in the tsunami-stricken areas, where he said half a dozen UN relief agencies, the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement…
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HIGHLIGHTS OF PRESS BRIEFING BY UN EMERGENCY RELIEF COORDINATOR AND OTHERS AFTER DONOR MEETING ON HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO TSUNAMI-AFFECTED COMMUNITIES
11 January 2005
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Jan Egeland, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and UN Emergency Relief Coordinator, speaking following the Ministerial-level Meeting on Humanitarian Assistance to Tsunami-Affected Communities, said that the United Nations had concrete commitments today from donors for $ 717…
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HIGHLIGHTS OF BRIEFING BY UN EMERGENCY RELIEF COORDINATOR
ON TSUNAMI DISASTER AND OTHER HUMANITARIAN APPEALS
11 January 2005
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Jan Egeland, the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and the UN Emergency Relief Coordinator, briefed journalists as part of the regular briefing by the Information Service about the appeals for the tsunami relief efforts as well as for the start of the launch of the 2005 Consolidated Appeals. He was joined by…
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11 January 2005
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which focused mainly on the tsunami relief effort. Spokespersons for the United Nations Children's Fund, the Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees, the World Health Organization, the International Organization for Migration, the…
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STATEMENT BY THE UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION COMMISSION
10 January 2005
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It has come to the attention of the secretariat of the United Nations Compensation Commission (UNCC) that, for reasons unknown to the UNCC, the Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS) has made available to the Independent Inquiry Committee (IIC) internal audit reports on the UNCC dated between 1997 and 2005. The UNCC understands that the IIC will be making these documents available on…
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HIGHLIGHTS OF PRESS CONFERENCE ON CALL TO THE WORLD OF SPORT
TO COORDINATED ACTION TO HELP THE TSUNAMI RELIEF EFFORT
10 January 2005
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Adolf Ogi, the Special Adviser to the United Nations Secretary-General on Sport for Development and Peace, this afternoon gave a press conference at the Palais des Nations in Geneva in which he launched a call for coordinated action to the world of sport in response to the recent Indian Ocean tsunami on behalf of the UN…
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REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
07 January 2005
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Elena Ponomareva-Piquier, Chief of the Press and External Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which dealt mainly with the tsunami relief efforts. Participating in the briefing were Spokespersons for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Children's Fund, the Office…
