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.

SECRETARY-GENERAL DESCRIBES APPROVAL OF CENTRAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE FUND

AS CRITICAL PART OF BROAD HUMANITARIAN REFORM

He Says Process of Providing Aid to Disaster Victims

Has for Too Long Remained Unacceptably Reactive, Unequal

UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES GENERAL ASSEMBLY’S ADOPTION

OF NEW CENTRAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE FUND

FOCUS ON SHELTER SHIFTS TO EARTHQUAKE SURVIVORS BELOW SNOWLINE IN PAKISTAN

NEW YORK, 13 December (OCHA) -- Operation “Winter Race” is now shifting its focus to reinforcing shelter assistance for people living below the snowline at 5,000 feet.

WOMEN THREATENED IN ALL STAGES OF LIFE, UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL

SAYS WHILE LAUNCHING TWO PUBLICATIONS ON GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE