Humanitarian issues

TROPICAL STORM BETA BECOMES 23^RD NAMED STORM OF 2005

SECRETARY-GENERAL, ADDRESSING MEETING ON AID TO QUAKE-AFFECTED COMMUNITIES,

CALLS FOR DRAMATIC ESCALATION IN FUNDING, LOGISTICS, MANPOWER

SECRETARY-GENERAL WARNS OF MASSIVE SECOND WAVE OF DEATH WITHOUT STEPPED UP

EFFORTS TO ASSIST SOUTH ASIA EARTHQUAKE VICTIMS

HUMANITARIAN STAFF IN NORTHERN UGANDA ATTACKED

NEW YORK, 26 October (OCHA) -- Three separate attacks on humanitarian aid workers in northern Uganda in the past two days have resulted in the death of two individuals and the injury of four others.

UNITED NATIONS INCREASES PAKISTAN APPEAL BY $238 MILLION

UN REPORTS RELIEF AGENCIES RACE TO REACH SURVIVORS

IN PAKISTAN BEFORE WINTER ARRIVES

HUGE CHALLENGES REMAIN AS POST-EARTHQUAKE RELIEF OPERATIONS

IN PAKISTAN ENTERS SECOND WEEK

UN Office Puts Death Toll at Above 51,000, Thousands Isolated

In Remote Areas, Homeless Total Enormous; Donor Meeting Set for Geneva

LACK OF ADEQUATE SHELTER, INACCESSIBLE COMMUNITIES, PLIGHT OF CHILDREN

AMONG CONTINUING CONCERNS IN PAKISTAN RELIEF EFFORT

EARTHQUAKE SURVIVORS TRAUMATIZED AS AFTERSHOCKS TRIGGER FURTHER LANDSLIDES

IN REMOTE, HIGH-ALTUTUDE AREAS OF NORTHERN PAKISTAN

Relief Aid Starts to Arrive in Affected Areas;

Huge Need for Winterized Tents as Local Supply Runs Out

EL SALVADOR :  ASSISTANCE NEEDED FOR DISASTER VICTIMS STILL IN SHELTERS