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Humanitarian issues


IHA/1203
8 June 2006
Press ReleaseIHA/1203
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

UNITED NATIONS PROVIDES AID TO DISPLACED PERSONS IN TIMOR-LESTE


NEW YORK, 8 June (OCHA) -- The United Nations humanitarian agencies are daily expanding their efforts to provide relief assistance to the more than 100,000 people who have been internally displaced by the recent violence in Timor-Leste.

IHA/1200
1 June 2006
Press ReleaseIHA/1200
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

UN AGENCIES SUPPORTING GOVERNMENT OF INDONESIA IN RESPONSE TO JAVA QUAKE


NEW YORK, 1 June (OCHA) -- Six days after the destructive earthquake, which struck Yogyakarta on the island of Java in Indonesia, the Government reports that the death toll has risen to over 6,300 people.

AFR/1381-IHA/1197
10 May 2006
Press ReleaseAFR/1381
IHA/1197
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL EGELAND ARRIVES IN CHAD

 

AFR/1377-IHA/1196
8 May 2006
Press ReleaseAFR/1377
IHA/1196
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

VIOLENCE MARS EMERGENCY RELIEF COORDINATOR’S VISIT TO DARFUR

 


NEW YORK, 8 May (OCHA) -- Violence has marred Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Jan Egeland’s visit to Kalma camp in South Darfur.