UN HUMANITARIAN OFFICE CONDEMNS ATTACKS ON CIVILIANS

 

IN NINDJA, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

BUKAVU, May 31 (OCHA) -- Innocent civilians have been, once again, caught up in the fighting between armed groups in South Kivu, with 19 people killed and many others wounded during an attack on the collectivity of Nindja, 75 km north-west of Bukavu, South Kivu, last Monday.

IRIN DOCUMENTARY TAKES TOP HONOURS AT FILM FESTIVAL

 

NEW YORK, 25 May (OCHA) -- The Integrated Regional Information Network (IRIN) has won one of two judges’ awards at the first United Nations Documentary Film Festival, held at the NewSchoolUniversity in New York on 21-22 May.  IRIN is part of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). 

JAN EGELAND AWARDED 2005 ROGER E. JOSEPH PRIZE

 

NEW YORK, 23 May (OCHA) -- On 22 May, HebrewUnionCollege awarded the 2005 Roger E. Joseph Prize to Jan Egeland, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs.  The presentation took place at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion’s Ceremony of Investiture and Ordination at Central Synagogue in New York City.

UN APPEALS FOR $16 MILLION FOR NIGER FOOD CRISES

(Reissued as received.)

NEW BOOK ‘RAIN, PROSPERITY AND PEACE’ DESCRIBES

 

GLOBAL PASTORALIST GATHERING IN ETHIOPIA

 

(Reissued as received.)

ADDIS ABABA, 9 May (OCHA) -- A new book, published by the Institute of Development Studies, tells the story of the Global Pastoralist Gathering when 200 pastoralists from 23 countries met in Ethiopia earlier this year.

FLASH UPDATE -- 2005 JOINT HUMANITARIAN APPEAL FOR ETHIOPIA

 

(Reissued as received.)

DEATH TOLL RISES IN ETHIOPIAN FLOODS

 

UNITED NATIONS ISSUES FLASH APPEAL FOR DJIBOUTI

 

NEW YORK, 27 April (OCHA) -- The United Nations has issued a Flash Appeal for Djibouti, asking $7.5 million to combat the severe food crisis threatening the country.  The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said today that immediate needs include food aid for 28,650 people and water for 18,000.  The Government of Djibouti earlier requested international assistance.

FLOODS HIT ETHIOPIA, SOMALIA

NEW YORK, 26 April (OCHA) -- In East Africa, heavy rains have caused severe flooding in Ethiopia and Somalia, and floods have not only led to deaths and displacement, but also to extensive damage to property and farmland, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported today. 

TSUNAMI RELIEF EFFORT MUST BE DONE RIGHT, USED AS MODEL FOR FUTURE,

SAYS SPECIAL ENVOY AT HEADQUARTERS CONFERENCE

UN Humanitarian Affairs Office, Business Roundtable

Host Meeting on Public/Private Partnership in Disaster Relief