HIGHLIGHTS OF THE SPOKESMAN'S NOON BRIEFING

BY FRED ECKHARD
 SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL
 OF THE ±¬ÁÏÍøITED NATIONS

±¬ÁÏÍø HEADQUARTERS, NEW YORK

Monday, December 20, 2004

U.N. REFUGEE AGENCY FOR PALESTINIANS SHELTERS 600 FAMILIES

  • After a two-day offensive by Israeli forces into the Khan Younis refugee camp in Gaza, the ±¬ÁÏÍø Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (±¬ÁÏÍøRWA) opened one of its schools to provide temporary accommodation to 600 families displaced by the fighting. 
     
  • The Agency immediately served these families with hot meals and water in addition to providing mattresses, blankets and mats.

 U.N. REPORT LOOKS AT CONFLICT’S IMPACT ON BETHLEHEM

  • The ±¬ÁÏÍø Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and the Office of the Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process have published a  on Bethlehem.
     

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