Reports

The international community must decide whether to increase its involvement in Afghanistan or risk failure, given the war-stricken country's deteriorating security situation and the intensifying attacks on United Nations staff and aid workers, Secretary-General Kofi Annan says in a report to…

New York, 8 December 2003 - The health of millions of North Koreans is at risk, according to the latest monthly update issued by the World Food Programme (For further information, please call: Stephanie Bunker, OCHA NY, 917 367…

The price of better health in Iraq: an extra US$ 14 per person per year The people of Iraq have endured health problems for many years, and their sufferings have been reflected in child and maternal death…

PYONGYANG/ROME, 30 October 2003 - Despite better harvests this year, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) will have another substantial food deficit in 2004, requiring a large amount of external assistance, two United Nations agencies said today. A combination…

HANOI (Reuters) - Floods in central Vietnam have killed 38 people, submerged thousands of homes, washed away roads and damaged scores of ancient houses in a 16th century trading town, officials said on Monday. The death toll in five flood-hit…

by Khem Aryal in Delhi and Kedar Babu Dhungana in Kathmandu Since monsoon rains began in early June, floods and landslides have left at least 244 people dead in Nepal, and 44 missing. Nepal is no stranger to such catastrophes…

ISLAMABAD, 2 June (IRIN) - The livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of farmers could be at stake unless urgently needed donor funds are provided, the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has warned. "My main concern is that what we have done…

WHO RECOMMENDS CLOSE DISEASE SURVEILLANCE IN FLOOD AFFECTED AREAS IN SRI LANKA Sri Lanka is facing a heightened risk of communicable disease outbreaks in the wake of the severe floods and landslides which have affected the country recently, WHO alerted.…

Around $25 million urgently needed for long-term development activities (Reissued as received.) ROME/KABUL, 29 May (FAO)-- Long-term agricultural development activities in Afghanistan are under threat unless urgently needed donor funds are provided, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned today. "We are facing…

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU FOR DEMOCRACY, CONFLICT, AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (DCHA) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA) Note: This updates Fact Sheet #2, dated July 23, 2002 Background The Asia and Pacific Region is more prone to natural…