Informes

appeal no. 01.33/99 situation report no. 02period covered: 15 March - 15 May 1999 The first distribution of drugs to 1,692 health institutions and training in their use was completed on schedule. The national Disaster Preparedness Centre was…

appeal no. 1.29/99 situation report no. 1 period covered: 31 December 1998 - 31 March 1999 A large earthquake brought a Movement based response, with the relief operation dominating activities during the reporting period. Nevertheless, health services and training continued, as did…

appeal no. 01.33/99 situation report no. 01 period covered: 01 January - 15 March 1999 The delivery of medical supplies to nearly 1,700 hospitals in five provinces and distributions of coal and blankets was completed on schedule. Surveys on the use…

News Release Issued by the International Secretariat of Amnesty International News Service: 008/99 AI INDEX: ASA 11/01/99 14 JANUARY 1999 Unless immediate action is taken to protect them, two prominent Afghan personalities living as refugees in Pakistan could be killed for their activities…

UNDP FLASH! The Government of Viet Nam is receiving UNDP assistance to improve disaster response and readiness, and to establish a Disaster Management Unit to help officials better plan and cope with natural disasters. Several typhoons hit Viet Nam in 1997. Typhoon…

DAILY HIGHLIGHTS The United Nations Coordinator for Afghanistan has said that the blockade by the Taliban of the Ghazni-Kabul trade and aid route has pushed people in that region to the verge of starvation. Alfredo Witschi-Cestari said on Thursday that he had…

OVERVIEW Further to GIEWS Special Alert No. 265 of February 1996, an on-the-spot assessment of the 1996 Yala crop and the overall food supply situation has just been completed by FAO/GIEWS. The assessment is based on field visits to the…

FOREWORD The Proceedings contain selected presentations given at the Second and Third UNDRO/USSR Training Seminars: on Enginering Aspects of Earthquake Risk Assessment and Mitigation of Losses, held In Dushanbe (Tajikistan, former USSR), October 1988; • on Lessons from Management…