Humanitarian issues

EARTHQUAKE SURVIVORS TRAUMATIZED AS AFTERSHOCKS TRIGGER FURTHER LANDSLIDES

IN REMOTE, HIGH-ALTUTUDE AREAS OF NORTHERN PAKISTAN

Relief Aid Starts to Arrive in Affected Areas;

Huge Need for Winterized Tents as Local Supply Runs Out

UNITED NATIONS EMERGENCY COORDINATOR SAYS SOME RELIEF WORK

IN TSUNAMI-AFFECTED INDONESIA SLOWER THAN HOPED

Too Few Victims in Permanent Housing as Rainy Season Begins;

Plan Is to Have All People out of Tents before Next Downpour

ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT, NOTING INTERNATIONAL DAY, CALLS FOR EARLIEST ACTION

ON PLAN FOR NATURAL DISASTER MITIGATION

UNITED NATIONS AGENCIES RUSHING RELIEF TO PAKISTAN

NEW YORK, 12 October (OCHA) -- United Nations agencies are rushing emergency relief supplies to the Himalayan region of Pakistan, where Saturday’s 7.6 magnitude earthquake has left at least one million people in acute need of assistance.

UNITED NATIONS TO LAUNCH $272 MILLION FLASH APPEAL FOR SOUTH ASIA EARTHQUAKE

UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS

STARTS TWO-DAY MISSION IN SRI LANKA

COLOMBO/NEW YORK, 11 October (OCHA) -- United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Jan Egeland, arrived in Colombo, Sri Lanka, this morning, 11 October, on a two-day mission.

SECRETARY-GENERAL, NOTING ACTIVATION OF UN AGENCIES, SEEKS COORDINATED,

INTERNATIONAL RESPONSE TO SOUTH ASIA EARTHQUAKE DISASTER

This statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

SECRETARY-GENERAL, DEEPLY SADDENED BY SOUTH-ASIA EARTHQUAKE, SAYS UN RELIEF AGENCY

IN CONTACT WITH CONCERNED GOVERNMENTS ON ASSISTANCE PLANS

This statement was issued on Saturday, 8 October, by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

UNITED NATIONS TO LAUNCH $22 MILLION FLASH APPEAL FOR GUATEMALA

UNITED NATIONS EMERGENCY TEAM ASSISTING GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN FOLLOWING EARTHQUAKE