UN HUMANITARIAN ENVOY FOR CRISIS IN CÔTE D’IVOIRE VISITS GHANA

NEW YORK, 30 January (Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs)

-- The Secretary-General’s Humanitarian Envoy for the crisis in Côte d'Ivoire, Carolyn McAskie, continued her visit to the region with a stop in Ghana today.

NINE CONFIRMED DEAD IN MOZAMBIQUE

ECONOMIC WOES AND LACK OF RAIN SET TO WORSEN HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN ZIMBABWE

HUMANITARIAN ENVOY FOR CÔTE D’IVOIRE URGES AUTHORITIES TO RESTORE PEACE

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2003 UN Consolidated Inter-Agency Appeals

AM Meeting

HELP BUILD BRIDGE FROM DISASTER TO DEVELOPMENT, INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY

URGED AT LAUNCH OF CONSOLIDATED INTER-AGENCY APPEALS FOR 2003

Relief Aid Can Be Difference between Life and Death,

LAUNCHING CONSOLIDATED INTER-AGENCY APPEALS 2003, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

RELIEF CAN MAKE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LIFE, DEATH

                The following statement was issued today by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette at the launch of the Consolidated Inter-Agency Appeals for 2003, Bern, Switzerland, 19 November:

CONSOLIDATED APPEALS FOR 2003 TO BE LAUNCHED NEXT WEEK

RETURNING FROM DROUGHT-HIT ERITREA, EMERGENCY RELIEF

COORDINATOR CALLS FOR URGENT ASSISTANCE

ASMARA, 10 October -- Kenzo Oshima, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, wrapped up his

three-day mission to Eritrea today.  He had visited Eritrea at the request of the Secretary-General to observe first-hand the severe drought affecting the country and to report back.

UNITED NATIONS UNVEILS ROAD MAP TO SAFER WORLD BY REDUCING RISK

‘Living with Risk’ –- Global Review of Disaster Reduction Initiatives

TOKYO, 9 August -- United Nations chiefs launch today a global review on disaster reduction initiatives to call for a world in which earthquakes shake buildings but not economies; in which cyclones bring drama but not tragedy, and in which floods drench landscapes without washing away hope.