UNITED NATIONS ASSESSING DAMAGES AFTER COSTA RICAN FLOODS

 

NEW YORK, 20 January (OCHA) -- Today and tomorrow, the World Health Organization/Pan American Health Organization (WHO/PAHO), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) are undertaking field visits to Talamanca, Costa Rica, to assess damages and needs after recent flooding.

United Nations to coordinate Early-Warning System for Indian Ocean

 

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Tsunami Survivors Give Birth Without Basic Necessities

 

UNFPA Strives to Get Life-Saving Supplies, Care to Aceh Mothers

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Global Early Warning System Launched at Conference on Disaster Reduction

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KOBE, Japan, 19 January -- United Nations experts have decided to create a global early-warning system to reduce the impact of natural hazards on vulnerable communities and to increase international cooperation to help save lives and livelihoods.

IMMEDIATE TRADE MEASURES CAN HELP SUPPORT RECONSTRUCTION, DEVELOPMENT

OF TSUNAMI-AFFECTED COUNTRIES, SAYS UNCTAD

(Reissued as received.)

UN HUMANITARIAN CHIEF UNVEILS REDESIGNED RELIEFWEB SITE

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WORLD CONFERENCE ON DISASTER REDUCTION OPENS IN KOBE

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KOBE, Japan, 18 January -- Three weeks after the devastating tsunami in the Indian Ocean, the World Conference on Disaster Reduction opened this morning here to address the critical need of better preparing communities when faced by natural hazards.

DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG PRAISES STAFF FOR DONATING FUNDS

 

TO HELP STRICKEN COMMUNITIES

 

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GENEVA, 17 January -- Following are the remarks addressed by Sergei Ordzhonikidze, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG), at a ceremony at the Palais des Nations today marking the handover of donations raised by the Staff Coordinating Council:

KOBE MARKS 10-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF DEVASTATING EARTHQUAKE

 

ON EVE OF WORLD CONFERENCE ON DISASTER REDUCTION

 

(Reissued as received.)

experts meet in kobe, japan, tomorrow to discuss means to mitigate

 

devastation caused by natural hazards

World Conference on Disaster Reduction to Hold Special Session on Tsunami

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