GOVERNMENT OF GUYANA SEEKS AID AFTER FLOODING

UNITED NATIONS RESPONDS TO BOLIVIAN FLOODS

BOLIVIA ASKS FOR ASSISTANCE FOLLOWING FLOODING

HUMANITARIAN ACTION IN CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC HAMPERED BY LACK OF ACCESS, FUNDS

LACK OF RAIN LEAVES 1.75 MILLION MORE ETHIOPIANS IN NEED

RAIN ADDS TO MALAWI ’S FOOD SECURITY WOES

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS GEORGE H.W. BUSH

 

AS SPECIAL ENVOY FOR SOUTH ASIAN EARTHQUAKE

 

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has appointed former United States President George H.W. Bush as his Special Envoy for the South Asian Earthquake Disaster.

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.