OCHA launches new web site

NEW YORK, 7 April (OCHA) -- The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) today launched its new Web site, OCHA Online (http://ochaonline.un.org), with an expanded content and revamped design.

HUMANITARIAN GROUPS RESPOND TO NEEDS OF migrants expelled from angola

INto WESTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

DARFUR:  HUMANITARIAN NEEDS INCREASE AS RELIEF SUPPLIES DWINDLE

HUMANITARIAN CRISIS LOOMING IN WESTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

NEW YORK, 19 April (OCHA) -- A humanitarian crisis is looming as more than 40,000 Congolese have been expelled from Angola into desperate conditions in the Bandundu and WesternKasaiProvinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

disarmament COMMENCES IN LIBERIA, PAVES WAY FOR GREATER

HUMANITARIAN ACCESS, ASSISTANCE

MONROVIA, 16 April (UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs) -- Ex-combatants of Liberia’s three armed factions took forward steps yesterday towards contributing to the future peace and stability of the war-torn country by surrendering their weapons, during the resumption of disarmament activities administered by United Nations peacekeeping forces.

UNITED NATIONS ISSUES APPEAL FOR DARFUR, SUDAN

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Under-Secretary-general ENCOURAGED BY PROGRESS

ON CEASEFIRE NEGOTIATIONS FOR DARFUR, SUDAN

NEW YORK, 8 April (Office for the Coordination for Humanitarian Affairs) -- “I am encouraged by the positive signals that a humanitarian ceasefire may soon be signed by parties to the conflict in Darfur, Sudan”, said United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Jan Egeland.

ADDITIONAL FUNDING URGENTLY NEEDED FOR ZIMBABWE

HARARE/GENEVA/NEW YORK, 2 April (Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs) -- The United Nations in Zimbabwe is urgently seeking additional funds to meet massive humanitarian needs, especially for health care, safe water, sanitation, education, and recovery at household and community levels.

UN LAUNCHES APPEAL FOR SUDANESE REFUGEES IN CHAD

New York, 2 April (UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs) -- Today, the United Nations launched a new appeal for over $30 million to provide aid to Sudanese refugees in Chad during 2004.

Because of the ongoing conflict in Darfur, some 110,000 Sudanese refugees are estimated to have fled to Chad from fighting in the Darfur region of western Sudan.