UNFPA SENDS REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH, HYGIENE SUPPLIES

 

TO INDONESIANISLANDS HIT BY LATEST EARTHQUAKE

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JAKARTA, 31 March (UNFPA) Responding to the second strong earthquake to rock Indonesia in three months, UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, has sent supplies to help ensure the health and hygiene of displaced people, particularly pregnant women.

UN TEAMS ARRIVE IN INDONESIAN QUAKE ZONES

 

UN EMERGENCY RELIEF COORDINATOR CALLS ON DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO AUTHORITIES

TO ASSUME THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES TOWARDS CONGOLESE POPULATION

GENEVA, 21 March (OCHA) -- The United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator, Jan Egeland, called upon the Transitional Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to assume its responsibilities towards the Congolese people.

HUMANITARIAN SITUATION DETERIORATING IN ITURI DISTRICT

 

OF DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

 

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BUNIA, 17 March (OCHA) -- The spate of violent attacks in Ituri District in recent days has left thousands more people homeless, many of whom are now seeking shelter in cramped makeshift camps in the area.

WFP HAILS DONATION FROM HUNGARY FOR SRI LANKA TSUNAMI SURVIVORS

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COLOMBO, 17 March (WFP) -- The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today welcomed a vital contribution of wheat flour from the Government of Hungary for the agency’s tsunami relief operations in Sri Lanka.

UN EMERGENCY TEAMS ASSESSING CYCLONE TOLL IN OCEANIA

 

NEW YORK, 16 March (UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs) -- The UN Disaster Assessment and Coordination (UNDAC) team has completed assessments in the islands of Mauke and Atiu in the southern group of the Cook Islands and confirmed that these islands are not in a state of emergency.

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS ERSKINE BOWLES AS DEPUTY

 

SPECIAL ENVOY FOR TSUNAMI RECOVERY

 

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan appointed Erskine Bowles today as the Deputy Special Envoy for Tsunami Recovery.  Mr. Bowles will support former President Bill Clinton in his capacity as the United Nations Special Envoy for Tsunami Recovery.  The Secretary-General announced President Clinton’s appointment last month.

PARIS MEETING COMMITS TO DEVELOPMENT OF INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI EARLY-WARNING SYSTEM

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UN EMERGENCY TEAMS ASSESSING CYCLONE TOLL IN OCEANIA

 

NEW YORK, 10 March (OCHA) -- United Nations emergency teams arrived in Samoa and met with the United Nations Resident Coordinator before heading to the Cook Islands and Tokelau to assess damages inflicted by cyclone Percy. 

AID ACTIVITIES RESUME AS AN UNEASY CALM RETURNS

 

TO ITURI, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO