Haiti: Human Disaster Is Preventable, says Chief of Disaster Reduction Secretariat

(Reissued as received.)

UN AIDS BANGLADESH IN AFTERMATH OF MASSIVE FLOODING

 

NEW YORK, 23 September (UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs) –- United Nations humanitarian agencies continue to bring aid to Bangladesh as heavy rains continue in the aftermath of the August’s massive flooding, the worst that country suffered in decades.

DEATH TOLL RISES IN HAITI

 

OCHA WELCOMES LIBERIA’S SIGNIFICANT STEPS TO PROTECT ITS CITIZENS

NEW YORK, 22 September (UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs) -- Today, Mr Charles Gyude Bryant, the Chairman of the National Transitional Government of Liberia (NTGL) will take the historic action of signing, ratifying and acceding to 17 protocols and conventions, which provide for the protection of civilians.

UN RESPONDS TO NEEDS IN FLOOD-STRICKEN HAITI

 

UN AGENCIES HELP STORM-STRUCK HAITI AND DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

UN AIDS JAMAICA, GRENADA IN AFTERMATH OF HURRICANES

NEW YORK, 20 September (OCHA) -- In Grenada and Jamaica, United Nations agencies are rushing to meet emergency needs created by hurricanes that devastated the Caribbean last week.

254 MILLION PEOPLE AFFECTED BY NATURAL HAZARDS IN 2003; FIGURES ON THE RISE

CUBA:  A MODEL IN HURRICANE RISK MANAGEMENT

UNITED NATIONS ENCOURAGES GULF COUNTRIES TO INCREASE SUPPORT TO SUDAN