..Press Release................................ UNESCAP News Services

Date 19 January 2005
Press Release No: N/02/2005

An Invitation to a Press Conference

by Ms. Margareta Wahlstrom,
Special Coordinator of the UN Secretary-General for Humanitarian Assistance to Tsunami-Affected Communities

BANGKOK (United Nations Information Services)---You or your representatives are cordially invited to attend a Press Conference by
Ms. Margareta Wahlstrom , Special Coordinator of the UN Secretary-General for Humanitarian Assistance to Tsunami-Affected Communities on Friday, 21 January 2005 at the VIP room (3A), Bangkok International Airport (Don Muang ) at 9:30 am before her departure.

Ms. Wahlstrom will be presenting her first-hand assessment of the Tsunami humanitarian assistance in the region after her visits to various sites of the affected countries.

For further information, please contact:

Ms. Penelope Ross Lake
Associate Public Information Officer
United Nations Information Services, UNESCAP
Tel. +66(0)2288 1869
Mobile: +66 07-034-8753

Ms. Kashka Huyton
OCHA
Mobile: +66 01 250-0143

Ms. Mallika Sukkumalchart
UNDP Liaison Officer
Mobile: 01-250-0087
01-875-8561

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