UN AGENCIES INCREASE AID TO DISPLACED LIBERIANS

NEW YORK, 14 November (OCHA) -– United Nations humanitarian agencies continue a wide range of activities to meet the needs of vulnerable Liberians, especially internally displaced persons.

SOMALIA:  CONTINUED DROUGHT SPELLS DISASTER FOR NOMADS

UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL EGELAND LAUDS IMPROVED SECURITY

SEVERE food crisis LOOMS in Central African Republic

IN AFTERMATH OF internal conflict, UN AGENCY WARNS

NEW YORK, 13 November 2003 (OCHA) -– A United Nations agency in the Central African Republic was warned that the country could experience a severe food crisis within the next four months.

UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS REAFFIRMS MORAL OBLIGATION

TO ASSIST VULNERABLE PEOPLE IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

NEW YORK, 13 November (OCHA) -- Jan Egeland, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, has reaffirmed the moral obligation of the international community to assist the vulnerable people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS BEGINS FOUR-DAY VISIT

TO DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS OFFICE CONTINUES SECURITY ASSESSMENTS IN LIBERIA

NEW YORK, 11 November (OCHA) -- Over the weekend, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Liberia fielded an inter-agency security and protection mission to assess the security situation in Gbarnga and Zorzor prior to United Nations and non-governmental organization intervention in the area.

HEAD OF UN HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS OFFICE VISITS NORTHERN UGANDA,

SAYS ‘DEEPLY SHOCKED’ BY ‘WAR AGAINST CHILDREN’

DISPLACEMENT RISES, ACCESS DECLINES IN SUDAN, SAYS UN HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS OFFICE

FOOD SECURITY REMAINS CRITICAL IN PARTS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA

SAYS UN HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS OFFICE