Humanitarian issues

UN HUMANITARIAN OFFICE SAYS FAILURE TO INCREASE SUPPORT FOR COTED’IVOIRE

COULD DESTABILIZE LIBERIA, SIERRA LEONE

UNITED NATIONS RAPID RESPONSE TEAM ARRIVES IN DARFUR, SUDAN

TO ASSESS HUMANITARIAN NEEDS

UNITED NATIONS SPECIAL ENVOY ARRIVES IN SUDAN

NEW YORK, 12 February (OCHA) -– Ambassador Tom Eric Vraalsen, the Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Humanitarian Affairs for Sudan, arrived in the Sudan today.

SUDAN –- UN WELCOMES ANNOUNCEMENT OF INCREASED ACCESS TO DARFUR

NEW YORK, 10 February (OCHA) -– In a statement, the President of the Sudan, Omer Hassan Ahmed Al Bashir, has promised to provide access to aid workers so that they can reach millions of suffering civilians in the Darfur region.

UNITED NATIONS TEAM ARRIVES AT INDONESIAN QUAKE SCENE

NEW YORK, 9 February (OCHA) -- Following the series of earthquakes that hit Papua province in Indonesia, a team from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) arrived in Nabire on 8 February.  The team is supporting local authorities in assessing damages and needs.

UN READY TO INCREASE WORK IN CHECHNYA

UN RESIDENT AND HUMANITARIAN COORDINATOR CONDEMNS MURDERS

OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN IN SOMALIA

(Reissued as received.)

NAIROBI, 26 January(OCHA) -– The UnitedNations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia, Maxwell Gaylard,today condemned the recent murders of innocent women and children inclan-related conflicts in southern Somalia.

INTER-COMMUNAL CLASHES IN COTE D’IVOIRE INCREASE

UN continues humanitarian work in Iraq

Press release

NEW YORK, 19 January 2004 (OCHA) -- United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today apprised representatives of the Coalition Provisional Authority and the Iraqi Governing Council of   the United Nations’ active and ongoing engagement in humanitarian and rehabilitation activities in Iraq.

UN ACTS TO PREVENT WATER-BORNE DISEASE IN ZIMBABWE