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Humanitarian issues


AFR/1367-IHA/1188
24 April 2006
Press ReleaseAFR/1367
IHA/1188
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

SPECIAL HUMANITARIAN ENVOY FOR HORN OF AFRICA ON MISSION TO ERITREA ,


DJIBOUTI , ETHIOPIA , SOMALIA , KENYA


NEW YORK, 24 April (OCHA) -- The United Nations Special Humanitarian Envoy for the Horn of Africa, Kjell Magne Bondevik, is to undertake a five-nation mission to the Horn of Africa.

IHA/1184
10 April 2006
Press ReleaseIHA/1184
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

UNITED NATIONS IN PAKISTAN SHIFTS TO RECOVERY AND RECONSTRUCTION


ISLAMABAD/ NEW YORK, 8 April (OCHA) -- Six months after the earthquake, reconstruction has begun in countless villages and hamlets.  The internally displaced persons are gradually returning to their place of origin.