Humanitarian issues

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.

DONORS PLEDGE $580 MILLION MORE FOR PAKISTAN

TROPICAL STORM BETA BECOMES 23^RD NAMED STORM OF 2005

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

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

CALLS FOR DRAMATIC ESCALATION IN FUNDING, LOGISTICS, MANPOWER

UN REPORTS RELIEF AGENCIES RACE TO REACH SURVIVORS

IN PAKISTAN BEFORE WINTER ARRIVES