Informes

News Release No:2001/076/S Initial Effort Will Reach Four Million Children, Save More Than 100,000 Lives Per Year; Next Disbursements In November GENEVA, September 20, 2000 - The Global Fund for Children's Vaccines announced today it will give more than US$150 million worth…

Ref. OCHA/GVA - 2000/0173OCHA Situation Report No. 5 Cambodia - Floods 20 September 2000 Floods triggered by this year’s monsoon rainfall have continued to cause extensive damage in several South and Southeast Asian countries. Over the last few weeks,…

Period covered: 13 - 19 September 2000 With increasing numbers of people affected by the floods in Cambodia, the Appeal budget has been revised with more emphasis on immediate emergency needs. Emergency household kits will be distributed…

I) Nature and Impact of Events Though the monsoon season regularly causes flooding in Cambodia, this year the early and higher than normal rains have resulted in serious flooding across the country. The present flood is the second of the…

Secretariat of the Japan Disaster Relief Team All of the relief supplies approved for shipment to Cambodia arrived in Phnom Penh's Pochentong International Airport at 1:00 a.m. on September 17. The supplies were transferred to the Cambodian side during a ceremony…

Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand and Loas have been struck by the worst floods in decades. It is estimated that more than one million people in the Delta area will be affected. Monsoon rains in the Vietnamese provinces of Long An,…

Australian non-government aid agencies are starting to provide much needed emergency assistance to flood affected families in the Mekong region. Severe storms and widespread flooding along the Mekong River which have left hundreds of thousands of people homeless in Cambodia,…

Phnom Penh (dpa) - Hundreds of thousands of farmers in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam - their lives devastated by the region's worst flooding in decades - abandoned their homes on Monday as their governments expressed fears of looming epidemics…

A United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination (UNDAC) mission has been mobilized for Cambodia to support the United Nations Resident Coordinator and the Government in responding to the devastating floods affecting the country. The 3-member team is led by the…

Minister for Foreign Affairs Alexander Downer AA 00 39 17 Sep 2000 The Australian Government is greatly concerned by the devastation and disruption to life caused by the widespread flooding along the Mekong River in Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos. The Australian…