Humanitarian issues

UNITED NATIONS COUNTRY TEAM LAUNCHES $157.5 MILLION

HUMANITARIAN APPEAL FOR ERITREA

ASMARA, 22 February (OCHA) -- The United Nations Country Team today announced its humanitarian appeal for $157,540,306 to meet the needs of

1.76 million war- and drought-affected Eritreans in the year 2001.

SECRETARY-GENERAL’S SPECIAL ENVOY SEEKS INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT

TO BREAK CYCLE OF DROUGHT AND FAMINE IN HORN OF AFRICA

GENEVA, 30 January (OCHA) -- The Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for the drought in the Greater Horn of Africa, Catherine Bertini, today launched an inter-agency appeal of $353 million to cover the needs of 13 million people affected by the drought in five countries in the Horn of Africa.

UN AGENCIES LAUNCH SIX-MONTH RECOVERY PROGRAMME FOR EL SALVADOR

GENEVA, 26 January (OCHA) -- The United Nations will launch an Inter-Agency Appeal for $34.9 million today, for humanitarian assistance and initial rehabilitation to address the devastation caused by the powerful earthquake in El Salvador.  The earthquake measured 7.6 on the Richter scale, and hit El Salvador on 13 January.  The appeal will be launched in San Salvador at 9 a.m. local time.

Press Release
IHA/723

UNITED NATIONS CONSOLIDATED INTER-AGENCY APPEALS FOR 2001 LAUNCHED AT HEADQUARTERS

Launch Theme -– ‘Women and War’; Secretary-General, Assembly President and Executive Director of UNIFEM Speak

Press Release
IHA/722

HUMANITARIAN AND ENVIRONMENTAL ASSISTANCE EXPERTS TO MEET IN BRUSSELS TO REVIEW PROCEDURES TO DEAL WITH ENVIRONMENTAL EMERGENCIES

Press Release
IHA/721

IN INNOVATIVE MOVE, UNITED NATIONS ISSUES FIRST NOVEL; AIM IS TO ENCOURAGE HUMANITARIAN IMPULSES AMONG YOUTH

Secretary-General Commends 'Marie - In Shadow of the Lion'; Story of Lives Broken in World of Hatred, Violence, Indifference

Press Release
IHA/718

UN WARNS OF FAMINE IN TAJIKISTAN: $76 MILLION NEEDED TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO 1.2 MILLION PEOPLE AFFECTED BY DROUGHT

Press Release
IHA/717

REPORT SAYS IRAN FACING DEVASTATING CONSEQUENCES FROM WORST DROUGHT IN OVER 30 YEARS

Drought Affects 37 Million People

TEHRAN-GENEVA-NEW YORK, 22 August (UN Information Service) -- The findings of a technical mission that assessed the devastating consequences of the drought situation in the Islamic Republic of Iran was made public in Tehran today by the United Nations.

Press Release
IHA/714

UNITED NATIONS 2000 WORLD DISASTER REDUCTION CAMPAIGN TO FOCUS ON DISASTER PREVENTION, EDUCATION, YOUTH

GENEVA, 25 July (OCHA) -- The United Nations 2000 World Disaster Reduction Campaign, developed by the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR), will be conducted world wide from August to October 2000 around the theme of the mobilization of youth towards a global culture of prevention, through appropriate education.

Press Release
IHA/713

ASIAN DROUGHT LEAVES MILLIONS IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE