ECONOMIC WOES AND LACK OF RAIN SET TO WORSEN HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN ZIMBABWE

NINE CONFIRMED DEAD IN MOZAMBIQUE

HUMANITARIAN ENVOY FOR CÔTE D’IVOIRE URGES AUTHORITIES TO RESTORE PEACE

                                                                  SG/SM/8506

                                                                  IHA/748

                                                                  19 November2002

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES GENEROUS SUPPORT TO MEET ACUTE HUMANITARIAN NEEDS

2003 UN Consolidated Inter-Agency Appeals

AM Meeting

HELP BUILD BRIDGE FROM DISASTER TO DEVELOPMENT, INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY

URGED AT LAUNCH OF CONSOLIDATED INTER-AGENCY APPEALS FOR 2003

Relief Aid Can Be Difference between Life and Death,

LAUNCHING CONSOLIDATED INTER-AGENCY APPEALS 2003, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

RELIEF CAN MAKE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LIFE, DEATH

                The following statement was issued today by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette at the launch of the Consolidated Inter-Agency Appeals for 2003, Bern, Switzerland, 19 November:

CONSOLIDATED APPEALS FOR 2003 TO BE LAUNCHED NEXT WEEK

RETURNING FROM DROUGHT-HIT ERITREA, EMERGENCY RELIEF

COORDINATOR CALLS FOR URGENT ASSISTANCE

ASMARA, 10 October -- Kenzo Oshima, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, wrapped up his

UNITED NATIONS UNVEILS ROAD MAP TO SAFER WORLD BY REDUCING RISK

‘Living with Risk’ –- Global Review of Disaster Reduction Initiatives

UNITED NATIONS LAUNCHES CONSOLIDATED NATIONAL APPEALS

FOR HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)