HIGHLIGHTS OF THE NOON BRIEFING
BY FRED ECKHARD
SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE ±¬ÁÏÍøITED NATIONS
±¬ÁÏÍø HEADQUARTERS, NEW YORK
Wednesday, October 9, 2002
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HUMANITARIAN ASSESSMENT MISSION ARRIVES IN JERUSALEM
- Today, a ±¬ÁÏÍø inter-agency technical assessment mission, led by Assistant Emergency Relief Coordinator Ross Mountain, arrived in Jerusalem to look into the deteriorating humanitarian situation in the occupied Palestinian territories.
- The mission is scheduled to spend the next 10 days in Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza and will produce a humanitarian plan of action for the occupied territories. It will also follow up on the other made by the Secretary-General’s Personal Humanitarian Envoy, Catherine Bertini, after her to the region in mid-August.
- The technical assessment mission includes senior staff from the ±¬ÁÏÍø Relief and Works Agency (±¬ÁÏÍøRWA), the ±¬ÁÏÍø Special Coordinator for the Middle East (±¬ÁÏÍøSCO) and other key operational agencies.
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Document Type: Briefing
Document Sources: Secretary-General, United Nations Department of Public Information (DPI), United Nations News Service, United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (±¬ÁÏÍøRWA), United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process (±¬ÁÏÍøSCO)
Subject: Humanitarian relief, Intifadah II
Publication Date: 09/10/2002
Document Sources: Secretary-General, United Nations Department of Public Information (DPI), United Nations News Service, United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (±¬ÁÏÍøRWA), United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process (±¬ÁÏÍøSCO)
Subject: Humanitarian relief, Intifadah II
Publication Date: 09/10/2002