Informes

IP/01/1614 Brussels, 20 November 2001 The European Commission has recently taken four decisions to provide humanitarian assistance to victims of flooding in Vietnam, China and North Korea, as well as in Cambodia which has also been affected by drought conditions. The…

Appeal Target: CHF 4,288,587 (Revised to CHF 3,045,882)Period covered: 1 January - 30 June 2001 This Programme Update is intended for reporting on Annual Appeals. "At a Glance" Appeal coverage: 54.2% Related Appeals: 01.40/01 South East Asia regional programmes Outstanding needs:…

Period covered: 1 July - 31 December 2000The Cambodian Red Cross Society (CRC) has demonstrated its effectiveness in large-scale relief operations through the CRC/Federation response to the flood disaster which hit the country as of July…

Jon Bennett (Oxford Development Consultants) ABSTRACT Food security is currently understood as an aspect of the broader 'human security' framework which found favour among development theorists from the mid-1990s onwards. In the pursuit of sustainable livelihoods, there are two…

New documents available on the EHA website: Findings and Recommendations of the Mission to Kenya and Ethiopia of the UN Special Envoy of the Secretary-General on the Drought in the Horn of Africa, 17-23 September Health Services for…

The European Commission has approved funding worth euro 1.9 million to assist victims of the recent flooding in Vietnam and Cambodia. The aid channelled via the European Commission Humanitarian Aid Office (ECHO) will enable the International Federation of the…

by: Alan Austin Up to two million people in Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam are believed homeless in the worst Mekong River floods in memory. Hundreds of thousands of Cambodians have been evacuated to pagodas, schools and elevated areas. More are…

Press Release No. G/38/00 Bangkok (United Nations Information Services) --- Deforestation may be one of the principal causes of floods in the Greater Mekong Subregion, experts at the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)…

The worst floods in over 70 years have hit South East Asia, forcing hundreds of thousands of people in Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos to flee their homes and killing countless lifestock. More than one hundred people have been killed and…

period covered: 1 January - 30 June 2000During the first half of the year 2000, the Cambodian Red Cross Society (CRC) has made considerable progress through the development of its five-year plan, 2001 - 2005, the…