Meetings Coverage and Press Releases

In progress at UNHQ

Humanitarian issues

IHA/703

UNITED NATIONS INTER-AGENCY TASK FORCE TO SET COURSE OF ACTION FOR INTERNATIONAL DISASTER REDUCTION ACTIVITIES

25 April 2000


Press Release
IHA/703


UNITED NATIONS INTER-AGENCY TASK FORCE TO SET COURSE OF ACTION FOR INTERNATIONAL DISASTER REDUCTION ACTIVITIES

20000425

GENEVA, 25 April (OCHA) -- The Inter-Agency Task Force for Disaster Reduction, established by the General Assembly, will convene for its first meeting from 27 to 28 April in Geneva to adopt a programme of activities on the implementation of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction.

IHA/701

UNITED NATIONS APPEALS FOR $3 MILLION TO ASSIST CLIMATE DISASTER VICTIMS IN MONGOLIA

4 April 2000


Press Release
IHA/701


UNITED NATIONS APPEALS FOR $3 MILLION TO ASSIST CLIMATE DISASTER VICTIMS IN MONGOLIA

20000404

GENEVA/NEW YORK, 4 April (Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs) -- The United Nations today launched an “Inter-Agency Appeal for Mongolia ‘Dzud 2000’ -- An Evolving Disaster”, which addressed the ongoing climate disaster in Mongolia.

IHA/697

NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION STAFF EVACUATED FROM SOUTHERN SUDAN

2 March 2000


Press Release
IHA/697


NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION STAFF EVACUATED FROM SOUTHERN SUDAN

20000302

GENEVA, 1 March (OCHA) - The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) today confirmed on behalf of Operation Lifeline Sudan the evacuation of 149 staff members of non-governmental organizations working under the umbrella of Operation Lifeline Sudan (OLS) in areas of southern Sudan controlled by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM).