Humanitarian issues

UNITED NATIONS HUMANITARIAN MISSION ARRIVES IN LIRA, UGANDA

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UNITED NATIONS HUMANITARIAN TEAM LEAVES FOR SUDAN

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UN MISSION TRAVELS TO NORTHERN HAITI, FINDS

SERIOUS FUEL SHORTAGES DISRUPTING LIFE

PORT-AU-PRINCE, 24 February (OCHA) -- Serious shortages of fuel are badly affecting every day life in north and north-west Haiti.  This was one conclusion of the recent inter-agency mission that travelled to the cities of Port-de-Paix and Cap Haitien on 19 February.  Cap Haitien was taken over by rebel forces on 22 February.

HEALTH AGENCIES ANNOUNCE EMERGENCY CAMPAIGN AGAINST YELLOW FEVER IN LIBERIA

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MONROVIA, 24 February (OCHA) -– International health agencies announced Tuesday that they were joining forces with the Liberian Government to combat a yellow fever emergency in this bruised and battered land.

UN HUMANITARIAN WORKERS TRAVELLING TO MASSACRE SITE IN NORTHERN UGANDA

UN HUMANITARIAN OFFICE SAYS FAILURE TO INCREASE SUPPORT FOR COTED’IVOIRE

COULD DESTABILIZE LIBERIA, SIERRA LEONE

UN MISSION TRAVELS TO NORTHERN HAITI TO ASSESS HUMANITARIAN SITUATION

UNITED NATIONS RAPID RESPONSE TEAM ARRIVES IN DARFUR, SUDAN

TO ASSESS HUMANITARIAN NEEDS

UNITED NATIONS SPECIAL ENVOY ARRIVES IN SUDAN

NEW YORK, 12 February (OCHA) -– Ambassador Tom Eric Vraalsen, the Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Humanitarian Affairs for Sudan, arrived in the Sudan today.

SUDAN –- UN WELCOMES ANNOUNCEMENT OF INCREASED ACCESS TO DARFUR

NEW YORK, 10 February (OCHA) -– In a statement, the President of the Sudan, Omer Hassan Ahmed Al Bashir, has promised to provide access to aid workers so that they can reach millions of suffering civilians in the Darfur region.