Informes

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] DAKAR, 16 June (IRIN) - The UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Wednesday that it was seriously looking at the possibility of trucking food aid across the…

This press release is issued by Media Relations & Public Information, UNHCR, Geneva. GENEVA - The UN Refugee agency today issued a supplementary appeal for $55.8 million for emergency assistance to Sudanese refugees from Darfur whose steady influx into Chad…

This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Jennifer Pagonis - to whom quoted text may be attributed at the press briefing, on 15 June 2004, at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. The number of…

In the border area of South-Eastern Chad, INTERSOS, in partnership with U.N. Agencies UNHCR, WFP, and UNICEF is facing a refugee emergency situation provoked by a massive population influx from Darfur, Sudan. Almost 200,000 Sudanese refugees are estimated to…

Consolidated Appeals Process (CAP) The CAP is much more than an appeal for money. It is an inclusive and coordinated programme cycle of: a) strategic planning leading to a Common Humanitarian Action Plan (CHAP); b) resource mobilisation; c) coordinated programme…

Organization expands humanitarian response to critical health care crises Stamford, Conn., June 11, 2004 - On Sunday, June 13, AmeriCares will airlift 30,000 pounds of additional lifesaving medicines and hospital supplies to help alleviate the ongoing health crisis in refugee camps…

This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Kris Janowski - to whom quoted text may be attributed at the press briefing, on 11 June 2004, at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. More than 93,000…

Assessment of horrific conditions for delivering aid A Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) research team, recently back from the Chad-Sudan border, has returned with reports of eyewitness accounts of indigenous African civilians from Darfur, Sudan being systematically killed, raped and displaced…

GENEVA, June 11 (UNHCR) - Amid the continuing exodus from Sudan's Darfur region into Chad, the UN refugee agency has revised its budget to provide emergency assistance to 200,000 Sudanese refugees in Chad by the end of the year. On…

In northwestern Sudan, a government-backed militia known as Janjaweed is engaging in campaigns to displace and wipe out communities of African tribal farmers. The brutal violence and killings have resulted in over 30,000 deaths and the displacement of as many…