Humanitarian factsheet on lebanon

 

The following has been prepared by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs:

Humanitarian Priorities

Humanitarian Factsheet on Lebanon, Occupied Palestinian Territory

The following has been prepared by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs to reflect the situation as of 8 August:

Lebanon

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EMERGENCY RELIEF COORDINATOR CONDEMNS KILLING OF AID WORKERS IN SRI LANKA

NEW YORK, 7 August (OCHA) -- Jan Egeland, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, today deplored the recent killing of 17 Sri Lankan aid workers in the north-eastern town of Muttur, Sri Lanka.

HUMANITARIAN EFFORTS IN DARFUR JEOPARDIZED BY AID WORKERS’ DEATHS

UNITED NATIONS AGENCIES CONCERNED TRAGEDY IN GAZA ‘BEING FORGOTTEN’

 

UNITED NATIONS ASSISTANCE FOR TAJIKISTAN EARTHQUAKE

NEW YORK, 1 August (OCHA) -- Two earthquakes of magnitudes 5.3 and 5.4 shook the Central Asian country of Tajikistan on Saturday morning and afternoon, respectively, affecting parts of two southern districts -- Kumsangir and Panj -- close to the border with Afghanistan.

UNITED NATIONS AID COMMUNITY SEEKS $149 MILLION FOR LEBANON

AT MIDYEAR, UNITED NATIONS STILL NEEDS $3.1 BILLION FOR HUMANITARIAN ACTION

NEW YORK/GENEVA, 18 July (OCHA) -- Six months after the launch of the Humanitarian Appeal 2006, the United Nations and its partners still require $3.1 billion to address the urgent needs of 30 million people struck by crisis in 31 countries worldwide.

United Nations TO BEGIN ASSESSMENTS IN TIMOR-LESTE DISTRICTS

UNITED NATIONS CALLS FOR NEARLY $19 MILLION IN AID FOR TIMOR-LESTE