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

THOUSANDS DISPLACED AS NEW FIGHTING ERUPTS BETWEEN CONGOLESE

MILITIA AND RWANDAN REBEL GROUP

NEW YORK, 4 November (OCHA) -- Fighting that erupted on Friday between the Mayi-Mayi militia and a Rwandan rebel group in South Kivu Province, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, has resulted in the displacement of thousands of civilians.

HUMANITARIAN EFFORT LAUNCHED FOR INDONESIA FLOOD VICTIMS

NEW YORK, 4 November (OCHA) -- The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs has deployed a two-person team to the Langkat district of North Sumatra, Indonesia.  The team will help local authorities coordinate emergency response, assess needs and plan assistance in response to the flash floods that hit the area in recent days.

VAST HUMANITARIAN NEEDS FOUND IN SOUTH KIVU PROVINCE,

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

NEW YORK, 31 October (OCHA) -- A recent humanitarian needs assessment mission conducted jointly by several United Nations agencies has found widespread humanitarian needs in the region from Uvira to Fizi in the South Kivu Province of eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.