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

(Reissued as received.)

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

EMERGENCY RELIEF COORDINATOR JAN EGELAND CONCLUDES TRIP TO SUDAN;

SAYS 2005 COUNTRY’S ‘MAKE OR BREAK YEAR’

 

KHARTOUM, 8 March (OCHA) -- United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Jan Egeland today completed a four-day tour of the Sudan, including visits to return to areas in South Sudan, internally displaced persons camps and conflict-affected locations in Darfur and meetings with authorities in Khartoum.

MEETING IN PARIS TO PLAN TSUNAMI EARLY-WARNING SYSTEM, 3-8 MARCH

 

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UN SENDS EMERGENCY TEAM TO OCEANIA

 

NEW YORK, 2 March (OCHA) -- The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) is sending two emergency teams, one to the Cook Islands and one to Tokelau, to help assess the situation after Tropical Cyclone Percy.

DECEMBER TSUNAMI PROVOKES HIGH JUMP IN DISASTER DEATH FIGURES

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

TSUNAMI:  A TECHNICAL SEMINAR IN TOKYO BEFORE PARIS

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PAKISTAN:  UN COUNTRY TEAM RESPONDS TO NATURAL DISASTERS

NEW YORK, 14 February (UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs) -- Heavy snowfall, torrential rains and burst dams have killed more than 300 people in Pakistan over the past two weeks.  Rain and snow continue to cause heavy damage in Pakistan’s northern areas, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, north-west frontier province (NWFP), Balochistan and parts of PunjabProvince.

LIFE-SAVING EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE UNDER WAY IN ITURI, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC

OF CONGO, SAYS UN HUMANITARIAN COORDINATOR

 

BUNIA, 8 February (OCHA) -- Humanitarian organizations have begun the delivery of much-needed emergency assistance to the survivors of an attack on Tché, District of Ituri.  Over 10,000 people are now gathered in the area, seeking protection from further attacks by FNI militia.