Humanitarian issues

ONE YEAR AFTER TSUNAMI, SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES WORLD COMMUNITY TO KEEP

W0RKING TOGETHER ON RECOVERY ‘FOR AS LONG AS IT TAKES’

The following is the text of UN Secretary-GeneralKofi Annan’s video message on the first Anniversary of the Tsunami, issued 26 December:

ACUTE MALNUTRITION RISING ACROSS SOUTHERN AFRICA

(Issued on 21 December 2005.)

NEW YORK, 19 December (OCHA) -- The nutritional situation in Southern African remains fragile -- underscored by rising acute malnutrition rates -- and is expected to worsen further as the lean season progresses.

ACUTE MALNUTRITION RISING ACROSS SOUTHERN AFRICA

(Issued on 21 December 2005.)

NEW YORK, 19 December (OCHA) -- The nutritional situation in Southern African remains fragile -- underscored by rising acute malnutrition rates -- and is expected to worsen further as the lean season progresses.

UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES GENERAL ASSEMBLY’S ADOPTION

OF NEW CENTRAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE FUND

SECRETARY-GENERAL DESCRIBES APPROVAL OF CENTRAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE FUND

AS CRITICAL PART OF BROAD HUMANITARIAN REFORM

He Says Process of Providing Aid to Disaster Victims

Has for Too Long Remained Unacceptably Reactive, Unequal

FOCUS ON SHELTER SHIFTS TO EARTHQUAKE SURVIVORS BELOW SNOWLINE IN PAKISTAN

NEW YORK, 13 December (OCHA) -- Operation “Winter Race” is now shifting its focus to reinforcing shelter assistance for people living below the snowline at 5,000 feet.

WOMEN THREATENED IN ALL STAGES OF LIFE, UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL

SAYS WHILE LAUNCHING TWO PUBLICATIONS ON GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE

SECRETARY-GENERAL DELIGHTED BY ADOPTION OF RED CRYSTAL EMBLEM

The following statement is attributable to the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

NEW PROTOCOL EXPANDS PROTECTION OF HUMANITARIAN WORKERS

IN AREAS OTHER THAN PEACEKEEPING

UNITED NATIONS ASSISTS COMOROS AFTER VOLCANIC ERUPTION