Humanitarian issues

26 November 1999

Press Release
IHA/691

MEETING OF CONSOLIDATED INTER-AGENCY APPEALS CONTINUES

19991126

Speakers Say Increased Tensions Necessitate Increased Humanitarian Aid

(Reissued as received.)

26 November 1999

Press Release
IHA/692

PROGRESS NOTED IN EFFORTS TO REDUCE EARTHQUAKE IMPACT

19991126

(Reissued as received)

23 November 1999

Press Release
IHA/690

SECRETARY-GENERAL LAUNCHES CONSOLIDATED APPEALS PROCESS; REQUESTS $2.4 BILLION IN HUMANITARIAN AID

19991123

United Nations Agencies Pledge To Focus on Forgotten People

(Reissued as received.)

16 November 1999

Press Release
IHA/689

QUADRIPARTITE COORDINATION COMMITTEE ON CHERNOBYL TO MEET AT MINISTERIAL LEVEL AT HEADQUARTERS 18 NOVEMBER

19991116

27 October 1999

Press Release
IHA/687

UNITED NATIONS APPEALS FOR $199 MILLION TO MEET URGENT NEEDS STEMMING FROM CRISIS IN EAST TIMOR

19991027

GENEVA/NEW YORK, 27 October (Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs) -– The United Nations today launched the Consolidated Inter-Agency Appeal for the East Timor Crisis, requesting $199 million to meet the urgent humanitarian needs of affected populations through June 2000.

23 August 1999

Press Release
IHA/686
POP/737

UN POPULATION FUND SENDS EMERGENCY REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SUPPLIES TO TURKEY'S EARTHQUAKE VICTIMS

19990823

26 July 1999

Press Release
IHA/684

7 July 1999

Press Release
IHA/682

PROGRAMME FORUM OF INTERNATIONAL DECADE FOR NATURAL DISASTER REDUCTION OPENS IN GENEVA

19990707 Secretary-General Calls for Forum For Global Dialogue in Disaster Reduction within United Nations

2 July 1999

Press Release
IHA/681

HOW TO REDUCE DAMAGE FROM NATURAL DISASTERS IN TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY?

19990702 (Reissued as received.)

21 June 1999

Press Release
IHA/680

FIVE CENTRAL ASIAN COUNTRIES AT RISK OF FLOOD FROM WORLD'S LARGEST DAM

19990621

Experts Urge Preparation to Avert Worst Natural Disaster