Humanitarian issues

RELIEF, RECOVERY, RECONSTRUCTION EFFORTS MUST BE CARRIED OUT IN PARALLEL,

SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS DONOR CONFERENCE ON POST-QUAKE REHABILITATION

DEVELOPMENT NEEDED TO COUNTER FOOD INSECURITY

UNITED NATIONS HELPS MALNOURISHED IN MADAGASCAR

NEW YORK, 18 November (OCHA) -- Heightened rates of malnutrition among children have prompted the initiation of emergency nutritional and medical assistance activities in Madagascar’s South-Eastern Region (Atsimo Atsinanana).

UNITED NATIONS TO CONVENE REGIONAL CONSULTATION ON FOOD INSECURITY IN THE SAHEL

SOME IMPROVEMENT IN OVERALL FOOD SECURITY IN NIGER , BUT RESULTS

OF SURVEY IN RURAL AREAS CONTINUING CAUSE FOR CONCERN

Government, UN Representatives to Review Situation at Dakar Meeting Next Week

UN SAYS MORE RESOURCES NEEDED TO SUPPORT GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN

ACUTE DIARRHOEA OUTBREAKS REPORTED IN SPONTANEOUS CAMPS

UNITED NATIONS APPEALS FOR $3.2 MILLION TO FIGHT CHOLERA IN WEST AFRICA

MONTH AFTER HURRICANE, THOUSANDS CONTINUE TO SUFFER IN CENTRAL AMERICA , SAYS UN

BIRD FLU POSES HIGH THREAT TO AFRICA

NEW YORK, 1 November (OCHA):  Along with neighbouring countries along the Rift Valley in eastern Africa, Ethiopia faces a new and imminent threat from avian influenza, according to the United Nations team in the country.

TROPICAL STORM BETA BECOMES 23^RD NAMED STORM OF 2005