Humanitarian issues

UNITED NATIONS ASSESSES QUAKE DAMAGE IN IRAN

NEW YORK, 29 December (OCHA) -- Yesterday, the United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination team in Bam undertook a joint aerial assessment with a team from the United Kingdom.

UNITED NATIONS TEAM RESPONDS TO IRAN EARTHQUAKE

FIGHTING IN CENTRAL SOMALIA DISPLACES 1,500 FAMILIES

PHILIPPINES FLOODS AFFECT OVER 200,000

NEW YORK, 24 December (OCHA) -- The number of deaths caused by flooding, landslides, and a tornado in eight provinces in the central Philippines has risen to 143 from 90.  In addition, 54 persons have been injured and 112 are still missing.  The total number of people affected by the disaster has now doubled from almost 100,000 to over 200,000 people, and almost 18,000 are sheltering in

21 evacuation centres.

GOVERNMENT OF PHILIPPINES REQUESTS AID AFTER DISASTER

NEW YORK, 22 December (OCHA) -- Following flooding, landslides, and a tornado in the central part of the Philippines, the Government has requested international assistance.  Medicines, food, including canned goods and other food, toiletries, sleeping mats, mosquito nets and blankets are the most needed items.

UN HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS OFFICE FORMALIZES AGREEMENT WITH SWISS

DEVELOPMENT AGENCY ON FIELD SUPPORT FOR ETHIOPIA

HUMANITARIAN ENVOY NOTES PROGRESS IN COTE D’IVOIRE

ABIDJAN, 10 December (UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs) -- “It is important that the parties to the conflict in Côte d’Ivoire now move forward and work together in order for the whole country to return to normality”, said Carolyn McAskie, the Humanitarian Envoy of the Secretary-General for the crisis in Côte d’Ivoire. 

UN HUMANITARIAN OFFICE SEEKS MORE SUPPORT FOR WATER-HARVESTING

PROGRAMME TO INCREASE ETHIOPIA’S RURAL FOOD SECURITY

SECRETARY-GENERAL’S ENVOY DISCUSSES HUMANITARIAN CONCERNS IN CÔTE D’IVOIRE

NEW YORK, 8 December (OCHA) -- Ms. Carolyn McAskie, the Secretary-General’s Humanitarian Envoy for the Crisis in Côte d’Ivoire, arrived in Abidjan yesterday, 7 December, for a fourth follow-up and evaluation mission.

HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN DARFUR, SUDAN, SAID TO BE AMONG WORST IN WORLD