Informes

13 January 2003, Kabul - Afghanistan is establishing an agricultural information and early warning system with support from the UN Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) the two food agencies announced today. The system will…

Asian Disaster Management News Vol. 8, No. 4 October-December 2002 Mayon Volcano and Its Threats The earliest recorded eruption of Mayon Volcano was on 19 February 1616 and the last was in 2001. Although the volcanic activity has resulted in…

CAP 2003: WHO requests US$ 65 million to reduce deaths and illness in countries in acute emergencies WHO calls for urgent action to tackle illness and suffering in the many developing countries affected by humanitarian crises. As…

By Charlene Porter Washington, File Staff Writer Washington - The U.S. Secretary of State's special envoy assessing recovery and reconstruction in Afghanistan has returned from a month long journey to the country using words like "remarkable," "encouraging" and "gratifying" to describe what…

By Apornrath Phoonphongphiphat BANGKOK, Oct 9 (Reuters) - Floods that caused chaos in Bangkok this week have eased but officials said on Wednesday the south of Thailand faced the prospect of torrential rain in the flood-hit country. Weather officials said…

Tuesday, 24 September 2002: With their lands facing the prospect of devastating floods, droughts and other disasters linked to global climate change, participants from 46 of the world's 49 least developed countries met at a workshop last week in…

by Kith Veasna - Communications Eighteen people have died and at least 1.2 million people have been affected by drought and flood this year. An estimated 30,000 people have moved into the city for food and work to…

WHO ongoing support for the new CAP cycle. To help the preparation of the 2003 consolidated inter-agency appeals and on the invitation of UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, WHO Geneva sent facilitators to Burundi and Sierra…

By Patrick Fuller in Kathmandu Man Bahadur Giri is lucky to be alive. He barely had time to escape before his home was swept away by flash floods. His home was in Brahmapuri, a village along the Bagmati river…

KABUL (August 07, 2002) - "The lack of long-term funding and security for Afghanistan is putting the country's recovery at risk," says Sally Austin, assistant country director for CARE in Afghanistan. "We are working with communities to build infrastructure and provide…