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IHA/1184
10 April 2006
Press ReleaseIHA/1184
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

UNITED NATIONS IN PAKISTAN SHIFTS TO RECOVERY AND RECONSTRUCTION


ISLAMABAD/ NEW YORK, 8 April (OCHA) -- Six months after the earthquake, reconstruction has begun in countless villages and hamlets.  The internally displaced persons are gradually returning to their place of origin.

AFR/1356-IHA/1177
31 March 2006
Press ReleaseAFR/1356
IHA/1177
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

UN DEDICATES $1.7 MILLION FROM NEW GLOBAL EMERGENCY FUND TO HORN OF AFRICA


NEW YORK, 31 March (OCHA) -- The United Nations has now granted just over $1.7 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to the World Health Organization (WHO) for urgent, life-saving programmes in the Horn of Africa.