Informes

By Shah Paung Saw Wah sat in the noisy, stifling darkness and hoped the Thai police manning the checkpoints would not discover him. He had paid 3,500 baht (about US $100) to ride in the luggage compartment of a…

KARACHI, 26 June 2007 (IRIN) - Three days after the rainstorm that lashed Paksitan's main port city of Karachi on 23 June, Khursheed Jamshed, 50, is unsure if her 20-year-old son, Pervaiz, has survived. "He went out with some friends, and…

KATHMANDU, 19 June 2007 (IRIN) - Despite being located in one of the world's most seismically active zones, Kathmandu's earthquake preparedness is low and the lives of tens of thousands of residents are at risk, according to local experts. "The…

Kabul: June 11th, 2007. On June 9th, the United Nations Mine Action Center (UNMACA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) and Ministry of Education (MoEd). To ensure that Afghanistan fulfils its obligation of the Ottawa…

Jakarta_(dpa) _ Indonesia, the world's largest archipelago nation, will be acutely vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, including droughts and floods that will affect health and food security in coastal areas, a report released Monday said. The report, sponsored…

ISLAMABAD, 30 April 2007 (IRIN) An international conference on earthquake risk management aimed at sharing Pakistan's experiences on earthquake emergency response, early recovery, seismically resistant reconstruction and rehabilitation efforts concluded in Islamabad, on Monday. "This was an opportunity to share our lessons…

Executive Summary Pakistan is in transition from a predominantly rural and agrarian to an industrial, service based and urban economy. The economy has been growing at an impressive average of more than 6 % over the past…

In the conflict areas of eastern Sri Lanka, hundreds of thousands of families have been forced to flee their homes; many of whom are now living in camps for internally displaced people (IDP). An estimated 127,000 displaced people were…

Chiranjibi Kafle Kathmandu, March 27: The Nepalese capital of Kathmandu is getting increasingly sensitive towards the need for better preparedness to mitigate the risks of earthquake in this poorly planned city. While the memories of two high-jolt quakes in the gap…

As fighting between the Sri Lankan government and the LTTE intensifies, the lives of hundreds of school children in Batticaloa are being put at risk as heavy shelling sent from the main army camp in Batticaloa town is dangerously…