NEW BOOK ‘RAIN, PROSPERITY AND PEACE’ DESCRIBES

 

GLOBAL PASTORALIST GATHERING IN ETHIOPIA

 

(Reissued as received.)

ADDIS ABABA, 9 May (OCHA) -- A new book, published by the Institute of Development Studies, tells the story of the Global Pastoralist Gathering when 200 pastoralists from 23 countries met in Ethiopia earlier this year.

FLASH UPDATE -- 2005 JOINT HUMANITARIAN APPEAL FOR ETHIOPIA

 

(Reissued as received.)

DEATH TOLL RISES IN ETHIOPIAN FLOODS

 

UNITED NATIONS ISSUES FLASH APPEAL FOR DJIBOUTI

 

NEW YORK, 27 April (OCHA) -- The United Nations has issued a Flash Appeal for Djibouti, asking $7.5 million to combat the severe food crisis threatening the country.  The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said today that immediate needs include food aid for 28,650 people and water for 18,000.  The Government of Djibouti earlier requested international assistance.

FLOODS HIT ETHIOPIA, SOMALIA

NEW YORK, 26 April (OCHA) -- In East Africa, heavy rains have caused severe flooding in Ethiopia and Somalia, and floods have not only led to deaths and displacement, but also to extensive damage to property and farmland, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported today. 

TSUNAMI RELIEF EFFORT MUST BE DONE RIGHT, USED AS MODEL FOR FUTURE,

SAYS SPECIAL ENVOY AT HEADQUARTERS CONFERENCE

UN Humanitarian Affairs Office, Business Roundtable

Host Meeting on Public/Private Partnership in Disaster Relief

25,000 DISPLACED PERSONS AT RISK, AS MILITARY EFFORTS TO DISARM MILITIAS

IN EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO BLOCK HUMANITARIAN ACCESS

‘WE ARE MOVING AHEAD’ ON INDIAN OCEAN EARLY WARNING SYSTEM, SAYS DIRECTOR

OF INTERNATIONAL STRATEGY FOR DISASTER REDUCTION SECRETARIAT

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 20 April (OCHA) -- Some 250 officials and experts from 25 Indian Ocean countries gathered in Mauritius from 14 to 16 April for the Second International Coordination Meeting for the Development of a Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System in the Indian Ocean. 

UN HUMANITARIAN OFFICE DONOR SUPPORT GROUP VISITS GUINEA

CONAKRY, 18 April (OCHA) -– A 15-member delegation of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Donor Support Group, represented by Belgium, Canada, the European Community Humanitarian Office, France, Germany, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom and the United States will arrive in Conakry, from Abidjan tomorrow for a three-day visit to Guinea.

FORMER UNITED STATES PRESIDENT CLINTON, UN SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI ANNAN

 

CALL FOR RENEWED COMMITMENT TO TSUNAMI REGION

 

NEW YORK, 13 April (Office of the Special Envoy on Tsunami Recovery) -- Former United States President Bill Clinton and United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan met today to discuss the daunting task of rebuilding people’s lives in the tsunami region.