COTE D’IVOIRE:  VIOLENCE WILL WORSEN HUMANITARIAN CRISIS

NEW YORK, 3 December (OCHA) –- With tensions rising in Abidjan, Jan Egeland, the Emergency Relief Coordinator, expressed his concern for civilians trapped in that country’s conflict.  “If the country lapses back into war, it will only compound the suffering of civilians.  I urge all parties to bring an end to the fighting immediately to prevent a humanitarian crisis from worsening.”

HUMANITARIAN EFFORTS MAKING HEADWAY IN LIBERIA

NEW YORK, 28 November (OCHA) -– Humanitarian efforts to reach people in need throughout Liberia continued this week, passing two milestones.  For the first time in 14 years, electricity was supplied to central Monrovia, and when a humanitarian flight landed in Voinjama, a distant border town, it marked the first time the airfield had been used in more than a decade.

UN COUNTRY TEAM TACKLES ETHIOPIA MALARIA OUTBREAK AS DISEASE THREATENS

TO EXACERBATE HIGH MALNUTRITION RATES

LANDMINES, POOR ROADS, HEAVY RAINS HAMPER AID EFFORTS

FOR VICTIMS OF DECADES-LONG ANGOLAN CIVIL WAR

HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN COTE D’IVOIRE COULD WORSEN

AS ETHNIC, POLITICAL VIOLENCE PREVENTS ACCESS

WORLD IN WHICH MILLIONS LIVE IN DESPERATE CONDITIONS WILL NOT BE WORLD AT PEACE,

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS AT LAUNCH OF 2004 HUMANITARIAN APPEAL

Following is the address delivered by Secretary-General Kofi Annan today at the launch of the 2004 Humanitarian Appeal:

2004 UN Consolidated Inter-Agency Appeals

AM Meeting

SECRETARY-GENERAL LAUNCHES ANNUAL HUMANITARIAN APPEAL AT HEADQUARTERS

CALLING FOR $3 BILLION TO AID 21 COUNTRIES

UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL EGELAND LAUDS IMPROVED SECURITY

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