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

 

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.

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS ADVISORY GROUP FOR CENTRAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE FUND

SPECIAL HUMANITARIAN ENVOY SAYS ETHIOPIA HAS LESSONS

TO SHARE WITH ITS NEIGHBOURS

UN CALLS FOR PROTECTION OF CIVILIANS IN SRI LANKA

 

MORE ASSISTANCE FOR INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS NEEDED IN CÔTE D’IVOIRE

ABIDJAN/ NEW YORK, 27 April (OCHA) -- The results of a recent study on internal displacement show that an estimated 700,000 persons have been displaced in Côte d’Ivoire since the beginning of the current crisis in 2002.

SPECIAL HUMANITARIAN ENVOY VISITS DROUGHT AFFECTED DJIBOUTI

 

DJIBOUTI/NEW YORK, 27 April (OCHA) -- Kjell Magne Bondevik, United Nations Special Humanitarian Envoy for the Horn of Africa, saw the human cost of Djibouti’s drought today, during a visit to a hospital treating malnourished children.