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

three-day mission to Eritrea today.  He had visited Eritrea at the request of the Secretary-General to observe first-hand the severe drought affecting the country and to report back.

UNITED NATIONS UNVEILS ROAD MAP TO SAFER WORLD BY REDUCING RISK

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

TOKYO, 9 August -- United Nations chiefs launch today a global review on disaster reduction initiatives to call for a world in which earthquakes shake buildings but not economies; in which cyclones bring drama but not tragedy, and in which floods drench landscapes without washing away hope.

UNITED NATIONS LAUNCHES CONSOLIDATED NATIONAL APPEALS

FOR HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

The United Nations today launched a $611 million humanitarian appeal to help secure food, medicine and other relief supplies for 13 million people on the brink of starvation in Southern Africa.

HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS OFFICE LAUNCHES FRENCH WEB SITE INFORMATION NETWORK

IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA, CENTRAL ASIA

DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA’S ‘ALREADY SEVERE HUMANITARIAN CRISIS’

WILL DRAMATICALLY WORSEN WITHOUT IMMEDIATE AID, SAY UN HEADS

NEW YORK 30 April (UNICEF/WFP/OCHA) -– The already severe humanitarian crisis in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea will worsen dramatically within weeks unless the international community pledges more aid immediately, the United Nations warned today.

NUMBER OF COUNTRIES IN SOUTHERN AFRICA WILL REQUIRE SIGNIFICANT INCREASE

UN, DONORS TALK SERIOUSLY ABOUT SOMALIA

SYMPOSIUM ON BEST PRACTICES IN HUMANITARIAN INFORMATION EXCHANGE

TO BE HELD ON 7 AND 8 FEBRUARY AT PALAIS DES NATIONS

GENEVA, 5 February (UN Information Service) -- The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs will host the Symposium on Best Practices in Humanitarian Information Exchange on 7 and 8 February at the Palais des Nations.