A U.N. disaster assessment and coordination team is being dispatched to Sri Lanka today to work with the government to provide rescue and relief. |
an opportunity which the secretary-general hopes will be seized. |
And the High Commissioner for Refugees would say, 'Well, at the very minimum at the outset we should be prepared for a certain number of displaced persons or refugees. Let's have X blankets, X food.' On that basis they came up with this $37.4 million list. |
Apparently they are nowhere near Freetown, ... We can no longer confirm it out of New York. The information is just not good. |
Apparently they are nowhere near Freetown. We can no longer confirm it out of New York. The information is just not good. |
Everyone is scrambling to find out what has happened. |
feels that there is a growing momentum for the resumption of six-party talks, thus advancing the Beijing process intended to resolve the nuclear and related issues in the Korean Peninsula. |
Frankly we found it a sensational & selective account of peacekeeping. |
has been reminded of its obligation to ensure only the voluntary movements of displaced persons. |
He (Annan) expects that what emerges from these talks, he will be able to sell to the (U.N.) Security Council. |
He ... urged the leaders to do everything they can to reduce tensions, restore security and continue to work towards a peaceful settlement of the remaining issues that divide them. |
he has approved, as revised, the distribution plan submitted by Iraq. |
He is doing what he can from his bully pulpit but he is not in a position to actively engage as a mediator without the cooperation of both sides, |
I think any well run organization does contingency planning on a routine basis. The humanitarian side has for some time now been doing contingency planning in the event that there's military action in Iraq. |
I think he's been consulting with a number of member states at the highest level, and he's expected to make some decision soon. |