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

 

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.

INDONESIAN CHILDREN TO BE VACCINATED AGAINST MEASLES AS PART OF UN EARTHQUAKE RELIEF

UNITED NATIONS LAUNCHES EARTHQUAKE RESPONSE PLAN FOR INDONESIA

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.

INTERNATIONAL AID PICKS UP, AS DEATH TOLL CLIMBS FROM INDONESIAN EARTHQUAKE

EMERGENCY RELIEF COORDINATOR ALLOCATES $32 MILLION FROM GLOBAL RESPONSE FUND

UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL EGELAND ARRIVES IN CHAD