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IHA/963
16/11/2004
Press Release
IHA/963

UN AID AGENCIES LAUNCH APPEAL FOR DROUGHT-STRICKEN BOLIVIA

 


NEW YORK, 16 November (Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs) -- United Nations humanitarian agencies are appealing for some $1.8 million for programmes to bring emergency aid to 180,000 people in Bolivia’s drought-stricken El Chaco region over the next seven months.

SG/SM/9587-IHA/962
11/11/2004
Press Release
SG/SM/9587
IHA/962

‘International solidarity is crucial’, Secretary-General SAYS


at launch of Humanitarian Appeal for 2005

 


Following is the text of remarks, as delivered by Secretary-General Kofi Annan today at the launch of the Consolidated Humanitarian Appeal for 2005:


We are here today to sound an alarm on behalf of 26 million people struggling to survive the ravages of war and other emergencies.

IHA/961
11/11/04
Press Release
IHA/961

SECRETARY-GENERAL SEEKS $1.7 billion for ‘FORGOTTEN CRISES’


NEW YORK, 11 November (OCHA) -- The United Nations Secretary-General has requested $1.7 billion to help people survive a web of forgotten humanitarian crises, mainly in Africa.  "We are here today to sound an alarm on behalf of

26 million people struggling to survive the ravages of war and other emergencies", Kofi Annan told North American, European and Japanese donor Governments in New York today.

AFR/1064-IHA/960
10/11/2004
Press Release
AFR/1064
IHA/960

UNITED NATIONS ASSESSES URANIUM MINE IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO


GENEVA/NAIROBI/NEW YORK, 9 November (OCHA) -- A United Nations assessment at the Shinkolobwe Uranium Mine in the Democratic Republic of the Congo found high risks of mine collapse and potential chronic exposure to ionising radiation, and concluded that the mine must remain closed.  The assessment followed an earlier mine collapse in July 2004 that killed eight people.

IHA/959
09/11/2004
Press Release
IHA/959

United Nations humanitarian agencies make progress in Haiti, despite obstacles


NEW YORK, 9 November (OCHA) -- United Nations agencies operating in Haiti report that the humanitarian situation in Haiti’s north-western city of Gonaïves is improving though serious concerns remain.

AFR/1061-IHA/958
4/11/2004
Press Release
AFR/1061
IHA/958

FIGHTING IN CÔTE D’IVOIRE JEOPARDIZES HUMANITARIAN AID

 


NEW YORK, 4 November(UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs) -- An eruption of fighting around the Ivorian city of Bouaké, some 300 km north of Abidjan, threatens to cut thousands of people off from urgently needed humanitarian aid.  Due to tensions across Côte d’Ivoire, United Nations humanitarian workers are suspending their activities throughout the country today.

IHA/955-PAL/2013
05/10/2004
Press Release
IHA/955
PAL/2013

UN organizations say current violence is pushing Gaza into humanitarian crisis


JERUSALEM, 5 October (Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs) -- Twelve United Nations organizations* working in Gaza today stated that the ongoing violence on top of the sharply deteriorating humanitarian situation this year is pushing the Palestinian population into a deep crisis.