Reports

Cologne/Islamabad. With a call for an enlargement of disaster risk reduction in Pakistan and with a further extension of their relief measures Malteser International, the worldwide relief service of the Order of Malta for humanitarian aid, reacts to the…

Much of Pakistan's farmland is near its main waterways, which means farmers saw the worst of the recent flooding. Unless they are able to get back to their fields soon, they risk missing the next planting season, which would…

GA/11004 Sixty-fifth General Assembly Plenary 19th & 20th Meetings (AM & PM) As Assembly Continues Annual Debate, Speakers Say Small Island States, Facing Sea-level Rise, Weather Extremes, Must Play Key Role in Talks on New Climate Deal Amid their efforts to mitigate and…

CARE International in Vietnam (CARE) and Plan in Vietnam (Plan) have received funding from the European Commission's Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection department under its Disaster Preparedness Programme (DIPECHO) to work as project partners to limit the impact of natural…

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) today launched the World Disasters Report with a warning that 2.57 billion urban dwellers living in low and middle income nations are exposed to unacceptable levels of risk fuelled…

21 September 2010 | Kabul, Afghanistan International Peace Day is a time when the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH), World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF are redoubling their efforts to provide practical health support to some of Afghanistan's poorest and…

COMMITTEE ON WORLD FOOD SECURITY Thirty-sixth Session Rome, 11-14 and 16 October 2010 POLICY ROUNDTABLE I. CHALLENGES 1. Life is an inherently risky business - each one of us is exposed to an array of risks1 every ay. These risks range from the…

Anne-Catherine Claude- Governance and Justice Knowledge Manager (anne-catherine.claude@cimicweb.org) (www.cimicweb.org) The September 18 parliamentary elections in Afghanistan are a crucial test for the government of Hamid Karzai. In 2009, the presidential and provincial council elections were characterized by widespread fraud, which in…

BANGKOK (UN/ESCAP Information Services)-- The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), today launched in to service a Regional Cooperative Mechanism on Drought Monitoring and Early Warning in Nanjing, China. The Mechanism provides satellite products for…

Ira Mellman The floods that inundated many parts of Pakistan have left many of the most vulnerable parts of the population at great risk. They are the unborn, the newly born and their mothers. The numbers are staggering. Of the…