HIGHLIGHTS OF THE NOON BRIEFING
BY FRED ECKHARD
SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS
UN HEADQUARTERS, NEW YORK
Wednesday, October 9, 2002
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HUMANITARIAN ASSESSMENT MISSION ARRIVES IN JERUSALEM
- Today, a UN 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 UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), the UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East (UNSCO) and other key operational agencies.
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Document Type: Briefing
Document Sources: Secretary-General, Â鶹APP Department of Public Information (DPI), Â鶹APP News Service, Â鶹APP Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), Â鶹APP Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process (UNSCO)
Subject: Humanitarian relief, Intifadah II
Publication Date: 09/10/2002
Document Sources: Secretary-General, Â鶹APP Department of Public Information (DPI), Â鶹APP News Service, Â鶹APP Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), Â鶹APP Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process (UNSCO)
Subject: Humanitarian relief, Intifadah II
Publication Date: 09/10/2002