Humanitarian assessment mission arrives in Jerusalem – SecGen Spokesman’s briefing (excerpts)


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 recommendations made by the Secretary-General’s Personal Humanitarian Envoy, Catherine Bertini, after her mission 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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2019-03-12T18:54:45-04:00

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