Informes

Abu Dhabi (26 May 2004) - The Zayed Foundation for Charitable and Humanitarian Activities, based in the United Arab Emirates, and UNDP Somalia today signed an agreement in Abu Dhabi to provide USD 2 million to the Programme for…

Northern Uganda, 26 May 2004 - More than 1.6 million people in Uganda have been forced to flee their homes because of fighting between government and rebel forces. UNICEF Executive Director Carol Bellamy, who is visiting the country, says…

NEW YORK/GENEVA, 25 May 2004 - UNICEF said today that despite having doubled the numbers of people in recent weeks who have access to clean water in Darfur, hundreds of thousands of people are still excluded from access to…

A serious humanitarian crisis is unfolding in the vast region of Darfur in Western Sudan where up to a million people have left their homes, fleeing fighting and insecurity. The United Nations says two million people could now be…

Un 7ème camp a été ouvert au Tchad pour accueillir les réfugiés soudanais. Au total, ce sont 75 000 réfugiés qui ont trouvé la sécurité, l'assistance et un abri dans l'un des sept camps aujourd'hui installés à l'intérieur du…

Despite the positive moves by the Government of Sudan to grant visas and facilitate travel permits for aid agencies to work in Darfur, western Sudan, International agency Oxfam is gravely concerned about the humanitarian crisis there. The scale of…

Overview The Secretary-General welcomed an announcement made by the GOS late last week that immediate steps will be taken to facilitate humanitarian access to the Darfur region. The statement relayed that entry visas to all humanitarian workers…

Caritas Australia is responding to the emergency in Darfur, Sudan, with emergency funds of $20 000. The funds will be directed to our partner in Chad, SECADEV, which is providing direct emergency assistance to many of the 110, 000…

FINAL YEAR OF REPATRIATION UNHCR together with the respective governments of Eritrea and Sudan strive to facilitate voluntary repatriation of Eritrean refugees from Sudan and aim to complete organised repatriation by 31 December 2004. Since May 2000, approximately 118,000 Eritreans…

BACKGROUND The humanitarian emergency in Darfur is a direct result of violence and harassment directed toward the Fur, Zaghawa, and Masaalit civilian groups by Government of Sudan (GOS) forces and GOS- supported militia groups collectively known as Jingaweit. In early 2003,…